My So Called "Best Friend"

[easyguy]

A friend of mine wrote this the other day and wanted me to post it here to inspire others to speak up. He prefers to be annonymous, so I'm going to use that for his name. Excuse the length... read the whole thing if you're going to read it! (it's moving)

 

My So Called "Best Friend", by Annonymous

 

I

stared

at her

long, silky hair,

and wished she was

mine.

 

But she didnt notice me like that, I

knew it.

After class she

walked up to me and asked

me for the notes she had missed the day

before and

handed them to

her. She said "thanks"

and gave me a kiss on

the cheek.

 

I wanna

tell her, I want her to

know that I don't

wanna be just friends, I love her but I'm

just too shy,

and i don`t know

why.

 

 

11th Grade

 

The phone rang. On

the other end

it was

her.

 

She was in tears,

mumbling on

and on

about how her love had broke her heart.

She asked

me to come over

because she didn't want to be alone, so I

did.

 

As I sat

next to her on

the sofa, I stared at

her soft eyes, wishing

she was mine.

 

After 2 hours,

a Drew Barrymore movie,

& 3 bags of

chips, she decided to go

to sleep. She

looked at me,

said "thanks" and

gave me a kiss on the

cheek.

 

I wanna tell her,

I want her to

know

that i don't

wanna be just

friends, I love her but

im just too shy, and i don't know why.

 

 

Senior Year

 

The day before prom she walked to my

locker. "My date is sick"

she said; he's not gonna

go. Well i didnt

have a date and in 7th grade we

made a promise that if

neither of us had dates we would go

together just as "best

friends".

 

So

we did.

 

 

 

Prom night

 

After everything was over i was standing

at her front door step.

I stared at her, she smiled

I want her

to be mine,

but she

doesn't

think of me like that

and i know it.

then she said "I Had the

best time,

thanks!"

and gave me a kiss

on the cheek.

 

I wanna

tell her,

I want her to know that i don't

want to be just

friends, I love her

but I'm just too shy, and I

don't know why.

 

 

 

Graduation Day

 

A day passed, then a week, then a month.

Before i could blink, it

was graduation day. I watched as her

perfect body

floated like an angel

up on stage to get her

diploma. I wanted her to be mine, but she

didn't notice

me like that, and i knew it.

 

Before everyone

went home, she came to me in her smock

and hat, and cried as i hugged her,

then she lifted her

head from my shoulder and said, "You're

my best friend, thanks!" and gave

me a kiss on the cheek.

 

I wanna tell her, i want her to know that

I don't wanna

be just friends, I love her but I'm just

too shy, and I don't know why.

 

 

A Few Years Later

 

Now I sit in the pews of the church. That

girl is getting married

now. I watched her say "I do" and drive

off to her new life, married to another man.

I wanted her

to be mine, but she didn't see me like

that and i knew

it. But before she

drove away, she came to

me and said "You came!". She said "thanks!"

and kissed me

on the cheek.

 

I wanna tell her, I want

her to know that I dont wanna be just

friends, I love

her but I'm just too

shy, and i don't

know why.

 

 

 

Funeral

 

 

Years passed,

I looked down at the coffin

of a girl who used to

be my "best friend".

At the service they read a diary

entry she had wrote in

her high school years.

 

This is what it read:

 

"I stare at him wishing he was

mine, but he doesn't notice

me like that, and I

know it. I wanna tell him, I want him to know

that I don't wanna be just friends,

I love him but I'm

just too shy, and I don't know why. I wish

he would tell

me he loved me."

 

I wish I did too.

 

I thought to myself, and I cried.

[DropToZero]

Very very good, great poem and a great lesson in life. See now why people should go thru life not regretting what they've done, but only what they didn't do. Tell your friend it's great tho, and I'd even be interested in reading more if he has any others to post.

[shyanne]

i smiled through most of that but the end gave me a tear.

[valenski]

Thats good stuff, your friend should keep writing and let you post them for him.

[Boricua7]

Wow. That was good! Throughout the whole poem I was happy because he was always there for her when she needed him but the end almost made me cry.

 

Good leasson: Never go through life regretting what you didn't do.

[ShySoul]

Someone else posted that a long time ago. Nice to see it back in circulation.

 

I agree with the message. Speak up. You don't want to live a life of what if's and regret.