Friends

Good friends are like songs

Eventually they end and the music stops

But they never leave your head

They get embedded in your mind

And even when the music isn’t playing

You remember the tune

You remember the words

And it's sweet and heartwarming like nothing else

And sometimes that song drifts out

Friends drift sometimes

And sometimes they have to leave

It’s not their choice

And it breaks your heart a little bit

But someday,

Weeks later

Months

Years

You hear that old song

And the tune sparks a million memories

Kind of like those friends

Except songs can be forgotten

They come and go

But good friends?

They never leave

You never forget them

I learned a while before

That the unlikeliest of friends

Usually turn out to be the most beautiful

Because it’s all the more lovely

Once the friendship solidifies

And suddenly,

You can’t imagine why you ever thought you couldn’t be friends with them