06/20/2024
We're born alone and die alone
and in between we spend our
lives looking for something, a connection
that's all we want
every once in a while we might find it
in a true friend
many friendships will come only to
fade as quickly as a firework
but some rare and a precious few turn life up to 11
and keep it there
you got to hold on to friends like these because
just like air, you'll miss them when they're gone
no one else gets it but they do because they know
what's in your soul, your heart, your mind
they can blindside you, come out of nowhere
but you'll now them right away, you'll click
as perfectly as a jack plug into a amp they'll know
what you're thinking before you've thought it
anticipating your every move
they'll understand the demons as well as the angels inside of you
never judging for it either and together you'll uncage a thrill
that makes you surge with life
But don't be fooled
friendships are not easy
you got to put the effort in
and take as good care of them as you do your own flesh
there will be good times
and epic adrenaline filled challenges where it seems
there's no way you can make it
but if you trust in one another and commit
you'll find a way coming through together, closer and stronger
even so, you, they, the world in time and the work in time,
everything and everyone changes slowly
that boiling energy of young friendship will cool and be replaced
by the bonds of deep mutual history complete with the scars
that tell the stories of a lifetime well-lived
its as inevitable as ripples as altering their size
so don't fight it and go with it and ride it out together
-Christopher Walken
