Daily Prompt: A Friend in Need
July 25, 2013
Finish this sentence: “My closest friend is…”
Photographers, artists, poets: show us FRIENDSHIP.
Pinky promises,
Unbroken
Constitute friendship.
Cliched phrases, like:
It’s not what you say
But what you no longer need to say
Define friendship.
An assured listener;
Someone to come home to,
Figuratively and literally,
If you’re lucky,
Is the promise of friendship.
Someone who judges you
And tells you why
And loves you anyway
Is the hallmark of great friendship.
A sudden connection –
A sudden realization
That this is what you’ve been waiting for:
That’s friendship.
A stream of insults
That only indicate
That you have the right to mock
Asserts friendship.
Knowing, hearing rumours,
Which ones are false
(And which ones are true)
Comes with friendship.
Listening to the same thing
Ten billion times
(Well, okay, not really)
And not cutting them short
– Well, not always at least –
Shows the strength of friendship.
Promising to be there forever
Because you can’t conceive of anything less,
Or maybe because you refuse to,
The “lie”ability of friendship.
Smiling on nearing them
When you’ve had the worst day
Is why we love friendship.