When you call me tomorrow I will answer on the first ring. When you ask me to meet you at your favorite coffee shop, I will be there early. "When?", I ask, "Just name the time and the place." When you text me, "We need to talk" and I know instinctively by the very sound of your voice, it is a no-miss meeting, I will drop everything. When you whisper through salty tears, "I have something that I need to share but don't know how to say it"....I know how to just be there loving you through it, not conducting but being the most effective instrument in your moment.
When you finish first, I am the first face at the finish line arms wide open, heart filled with joy, as if we crossed over together. When you finish last, act a fool, behave unbecoming, or fall off the super-hero wagon, I am there too, same arms wide open.
When you tell me a secret, your secret goes into the secrets chamber, the one without a key. When we keep missing one another because life happens all around us and it is taking all we have just to keep our plates spinning, this is when I miss you most.
When you borrow that item from my closet with the price tag still on it and it looks ten times better on you, I say, "Keep it. It was made for you". I really mean that.
When we take road trips I never mind getting lost on the way home. Why? More time with you talking, laughing, crying, making up happy endings. More time listening, reflecting, remembering, rejoicing with my friend.
I know now why you mean so much to me. I know how it is that I can be such an incredibly devoted friend to you. It's because you have been at every finish line same arms wide open, heart filled with joy.
When you finish first, I am the first face at the finish line arms wide open, heart filled with joy, as if we crossed over together. When you finish last, act a fool, behave unbecoming, or fall off the super-hero wagon, I am there too, same arms wide open.
When you tell me a secret, your secret goes into the secrets chamber, the one without a key. When we keep missing one another because life happens all around us and it is taking all we have just to keep our plates spinning, this is when I miss you most.
When you borrow that item from my closet with the price tag still on it and it looks ten times better on you, I say, "Keep it. It was made for you". I really mean that.
When we take road trips I never mind getting lost on the way home. Why? More time with you talking, laughing, crying, making up happy endings. More time listening, reflecting, remembering, rejoicing with my friend.
I know now why you mean so much to me. I know how it is that I can be such an incredibly devoted friend to you. It's because you have been at every finish line same arms wide open, heart filled with joy.
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