Words Fail

I Have a Friend

I have a friend

Unlike any other human being I've met.

If you like conventional

She wouldn't be the one for you.

But in a life full of forbidden

Boundaries and rules,

An untamed spirit such as she,

Was a sight for sore eyes,

An answer to a prayer never muttered

But longed for still.

My faith may be Earthly-bound

But in her presence

I began to float away.

I have a friend

Whose words are spoken with such rawness

And evokes emotions

Stowed away in the dark and desolate trench

Where they were exiled.

She's a comet the cosmos

Never could chain down.

A high you never could come down from.

But the world hungrily scavenges

For what little trace remains

Of the good and beauty.

And with its wretched hands of filth

It tarnished a hole inside you.

Because you were the light

That outshined the rest.

And like a moth

It was drawn to your flame.

And now you're hurt.

And band-aids won't suffice

To cure a bullet wound.

But despite your injuries

You're far from spoiled goods.

And though you hold your flaws

Close and dear to your tender heart,

These are temporary things.

You, my friend

Have tunnel vision.

You can always see

When you're wrong

But you are blind

To everything you've done right.

And whatever scars have etched

Themselves inside you

And whatever memories

Stain your thoughts

It's okay to let it go

Of the demons that cling to you.

I will gingerly take your hand

And help you through it.

And I know

You hold yourself above the rest.

But try as you might,

And try you do,

These standards are unattainable

And frankly unbelievable.

And I can hear your voice now.

I know.

I'm one to talk.

But that doesn't mean I'm wrong.

There is a girl

I swear whatever resemblances you may share

Are purely coincidental.

I have a friend

With chocolate brown eyes

So dark and deep

You can't resist falling into them.

And within her soul

Is a kind of untainted purity.

And her smile,

The one I've memorized,

The real one.

The one that reaches her eyes

And crinkles her nose

Is contagious.

And her laughs are symphonies

That send shivers raking down your spine.

She drinks tea religiously

For breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

She's a puppy eyes expert

And she won't hesitate to use it.

She'll never admit it but

She's a complete and utter sap.

She loves converses and army boots,

Band-tees and flannel.

She chews gum and pops bubbles.

And she reads all the classics.

But don't be deceived

She is not perfect.

Her memory is slightly rusty.

And though she's oddly pessimistic

And her trust

Is piece of string

Worn thin by relentless tugging.

I know my words

Do little to repair years of wrongdoing

And self-loathing.

But I can't help

Spill my heart out to you.

I can't help but think,

If I tell you everyday

What you mean to me

With all the honesty and earnest I can muster,

Then maybe you'll see what I see.

Maybe that's foolish.

But I have a friend,

A very best friend

And she deserves

So much more than she's willing to take.

I have a friend,

And nothing in the universe

Could convince me

To find another.