# Best Friends-FINAL POEM OF THE MONTH

Author: ShingetsuMoon
Tags: Best Friends, Poem, Poetry

#30 of National Poetry Writing Month

Wrote this poem with a specific friend in mind. We don't talk as much as we used to, but they will always have a special place in my heart. And with this National Poetry Writing Month is complete! I finished a poem each and every day and I am so proud of myself for doing so!
I see no reason to stop though so look forward to more poems in the future! Maybe not as rapidly as this but still hopefully rather frequently.

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What is it that defines  
a best friend? What   
separates them and sets  
them apart from all of the  
other people who have   
entered and left our lives?

Why are we drawn to them  
and why do we hold onto  
them while letting others  
drift in and out our lives?

Is it because they are so  
different from us? Or because  
they are just like us?

Is it the way they listen to  
us without talking? Or the  
way they talk all the time  
so that we don't have to?

Is it their loyalty?  
Their kindness?  
Our history together?

Maybe it is something  
we once knew but   
can no longer define  
or put into words.

Maybe we've been friends  
for so long that we don't  
remember why we still  
are.

We just know that we   
could not live a single  
day without them in our  
lives.

Even if you don't talk  
that often or see each  
other more then a few   
times a year.

There is still that unspoken  
bond between you.

All the times you fell  
apart and they were there  
to pick you up again.

Sometimes with kind words.  
Sometimes with a much   
needed dose of reality.

All the fights you had.  
Or the times you had to   
fight in order to keep them  
in your life.

Maybe we don't talk  
like we used to. Or see  
each other like we used to.

But you are and always  
will be my best friend.  
You've saved me in so many  
ways. Ways that I will never  
forget.

Ways that I cannot thank you  
enough for.

You have been there to help  
me, to support me even when   
you couldn't begin to understand   
what I was going through or  
why I was so angry.

To me a best friend is   
someone you know you  
can always count on.

Maybe they aren't there by  
your side 24/7 but when it  
really counts. When you really  
need them the most they have never  
and will never fail to be there for you.

To me a best friend isn't someone  
who is there for you every minute  
of every day.

You don't have to speak to them  
every day or even every week.  
You don't have to see them all   
the time or hang out with them  
every weekend.

Maybe they aren't there every day.  
But they will always be there when  
it counts.

Source: https://sofurry.com/s/A1pMl8le
Part of the series National Poetry Writing Month
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