Everyday Canvas

To My Best Friend

Prompt: "As we said goodbye late that afternoon, I thought: Don't go, I want you in my life. And in a sense, she didn't go." Write a poem or anything you want about a friend who made you feel this way.
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To My Best Friend

When we were kids, you said,
“All I want is to paint,”
and I said,
“All I want is to write.”
You said, “I paint, and
you write, such great combination,”

but life is a home with many rooms
a different décor in each
and we got lost in different quarters
trying to be unpredictable,
although going with the flow,
and how fragile
were the wishes
of youth!

Now that the years have fled,
you’ve begun to paint
I’ve begun to write,
untangling ourselves slowly
from that home with many rooms,
at the start of whatever comes next,
and we both sing to each other
in our secret language
feeling our connection.
from miles apart.