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best friends

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"BF"

Best friend

Boyfriend

What does BF stand for nowadays?
It doesn't matter to me
You're the same thing
But more signicant than boyfriend

It's hard for others to believe
But you are
I'm pretty sure only a slight few
Could truly understand
The ones who have gone through this as well

This is special
No one is going to take is away
You're mine 'till the end

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One

You're
The only one
Who I feel will stand by my side
Who won't leave me because they can

You're
The only one
Who can make me truly happy

You're
The only one
Who understands me
The real me
Me

You're
The only one
You

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Best Friends

20 chins

You lay
On my back

Stare at
The ceiling

Say penis
Like a child

Talk about
Poop sticks

Sigh
And say
Your eye
Is twitching

Grab my
iHome

State
That you'll
Plug it in

Finally do

I just
Write
Everything down
Laugh
At your reactions
To everything

So blunt
So out there

Not always
The best choice
Just always

You

I love
How we've
Become
Best friends

We tell
Each other

Everything

Laugh at
Each other's
Thoughts
Perceptions
Circumstances

And yet

We're always
There
And ready
To be
Understanding
Compassionate
Uplifting

I watch
Us

And smile
Loving how
We're opposites
North and south
Pulled together

Super magnets

Hope
We'll always
Be bestest friends

We always
Will be

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Ardor of Life

Bike
To the playground

Walk
To the middle

Lay
On the structure

Stick
Headphones in your ears

Pass
One to me

Press
In my ear

Listen
To the soundwaves

Dismiss
The beauty

Stop

Wonder
About the world

Think
About the sun

Contemplate
The rain

Remove
Music from aural orifice

Smile
To myself

Remember
The last two years

Growing

Maturing

Becoming
Who we are

Smirk
At life

Know

This is how it should be

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You're Just You

woman
you best know that this
is shit

if you believe this
you're lying in a huge
puddle of lies

you are pretty
you are wanted
you are loved
you are desired
you are envied
you are stunning

you're just you
and that's all you'll ever be
and that's a good thing
don't be someone else

i don't want to be friends
with anyone but you

stop waiting for rejection
from boys
from teachers
from friends
from everyone

you'll be waiting for
the rest of your life

alone
scared
miserable
self loathing

if that's who you want to be
leave me out

cause i'm just me
and that's all i'll ever be
and the me that i am
knows that her best friend
is not who she thinks she is

so stop wallowing in self pity
get up off your ass
and be phenomenal

oh
wait

you already are

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And Still

We sing
RENT
Everywhere
All the
Time

We're cool
We switch
Parts

And laugh
When Maureen
Moos
When Angel
Sings

Cry when
She dies
When Roger
Sings about
Glory

We love
La Vie Boheme

We trip
Over the
Lyrics
Stumble
Over pronunciations

And still
We sing

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I Never Knew

I never knew
How amazing
Your poetry is
Or
How amazing
Our friendship is

I never knew
That being
Best friends
Meant
Being us

I never knew
The strength
The courage
Standing up
For each other

Just
To push
The other down
And laugh XD

I never knew
How close
People could be
Until
It was
You and me

I never knew

And yet
It's always
Been around
But I couldn't
See
Through
Closed eyes

I never knew
That you'd
Opened my lids
Sprayed water
In my face
Smacked me
A few times

I never knew
That I'd
Woken up
From my
Nightmare

Until I met
You

Best Friends

Bodies form to each other
Tears escape her eyes and float down to her mouth
She softly cries his name before breaking into fits
Her best friend….gone
He no longer wants to be her friend
Oh, does she want to be his
I never let her go
She needs me
My best friend

Bodies form to each other
The building looms in front of us
The same one we’ve been going to for 3 years

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Friends

Once I had a friend, who knew me like i was a book,
Reading between the pages,
anylizing every look,
and then one day she became pouplar
and left me pretty quick
to go meet those new friends, her very own new click

she changed,
so much
I miss her
so much
time to face reality
growing up has never hurt so much
she's gone

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