What is “Best Friend”?
I find the term "best friend"
To be problematic
As what is "best" always changes over time
However, there is nothing
My heart craves more
Than a muse
The person who displays such vivacious life
Sings into the wind when people are watching
Unabashedly trying for things they're "unqualified" for
Asks for the things they need without hesitancy
I guess, I could say
My "best friend" is my role model.
The person who pushes me
To be more than what I limit myself into
The person who pulls me out of boxes
Because I have stuffed myself into them
The person who doesn't let me wash dishes
Because they want me to be their guest
The person who makes me decide things when I don't want to
Because they know I'm afraid of an undetermined aftermath
The person who continually teaches me that other people's perspectives don't matter
Because I don't have to live with them in my head 24/7
My Best Friend may change
But my person is always with me
Teaching me to make myself my own best friend
To Call You Friend
Friend
To call you friend
is not enough
We are one brain
Your happiness is my ecstasy
Your sadness is my grief
And despite my heart's crave for loneliness
I cannot run far from you
Your conversation lights up a room
Your smile makes me think
And your being lights on fire
this crumpled paper ball in my chest
Forget the world
the blanket, the sky, the noise
and I'll remember the music of your name
because that means so much more
than to call you friend