the kind of friends we'll always be

 

 

a few weeks ago,

tj and i

were sitting

side by side

on a beach chair

when she turned,

looked at me

and said,

i think that even if

we only see each other

once a year

we'll still be

close friends.

 

i smiled

and said,

i think so, too...

 

* * *

 

i'm going to miss

hanging out, girlfriend.

 

i'm going to miss

hearing you yell my name

from beneath my window

when you want me to come out

and sit awhile.

 

i'm going to miss

talking at the table

as the sky turns from blue

to pink to dusk.

 

i'm going to miss

the way you call me sugar

and all the other sweet

and funny things you say.

 

i'm going to miss

the way we laugh so easily

and talk so honestly

about hard times of the past

we each have known

and the happiness

we've found

in the present.

 

but i'm not going to miss

being friends...

 

because i know

we'll always be the kind of friends

who keep in touch

through facebook

and phone calls...

the kind of friends

who pick up right where we left off

no matter how much time

passes between seeing each other...

 

good friends

close friends

forever friends --

that's the kind of friends

we'll always be.