The Person Who Cares

After a lifetime of bullying

I still don't get this friend thing

But this person cares when no one else seems to give a hoot

Even mundane annoyances

Find interest for them because they relate to me

I've never had a friend

or at least one who cared before this

Now I wish everyone else was a bit more like them.

They don't question my differences

or make me feel out of place

Forcing me to not talk or expecting it

They simply get that I will be me

Talking constantly or not at all

and embrace this reality

Because they truly care about me.