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Poetry by Faith
Our Friendship
Next to each other
In our cribs
Twenty-eight days apart
Our friendship began
Blossomed, then grew
From diapers to Barney
To Barbies and makeup.
Same clothes, same interests
Mistaken for twins
And our friendship strengthened
You taught me what
A true friend was
Through thick and thin
You were there
The big sister I never had
You lived far away
But that never mattered
we were best friends
“Forever” we promised
Then we somehow
drifted
Farther and farther apart
Different music
Different clothes
Different friends
Different you
No more phone calls
no more sleepovers
no more "hanging out"
Your emails stopped coming
So I called you
You never answered
I invited you over
You never came
There was only the occasional “Hi” online
For days I cried
What went wrong?
Was this my fault
Was it me?
I was angry
Full of hurt
I tried so hard
To keep us together
But you didn’t
Did you not care?
You lied to me
Forever? Yeah right!
Didn’t I mean anything?
Finally I realized
It wasn’t me
Not you
Or anybody
People grow up
And people change
I loved shopping
You preferred soccer
I think we both know now
That our friendship isn’t the same
Because we aren’t either
Still, I can’t lose
a friend like you
I will just try harder
to keep our friendship together
hard enough for both of us
I have to do this
I can’t let you go
Because the truth is, C,
I really miss you.
New Hope
My life’s disappointments
Crush me down
And I drown
In a sea of despair
My hopes and dreams
Have all vanished
And confusion
Takes its place
Nothing goes
The way I planned
And I grow weary
Of it all
As time and time
I stumble and fall
My will to struggle up
Weakens
I have strayed
From the right path
I have lost
My reason to live
Each day
I sing
My broken melody
To fool the tears away
Then in the quiet
I hear a voice
Whispering words so sweet
Gentle and so full of love
I know I don’t deserve
“Do not despair, I am with you
I always was
You just never realized
I was here all along”
A feeling of peace
Washes over me
Fresh tears
Well up again
But this time
It’s not in frustration
But from my joy
And my renewed hope.