To shop, share,
Heal, hurt, joke, or just be.
One friend will say, "Let's cry together," another,
"Let's fight
Together, "another, "Let's walk away together."
One friend will meet your spiritual needs, another
Your shoe fetish,
Another your love for movies, another will be with
You in your season of
Confusion, another will be your clarifier, another
The wind beneath your
Wings.
But whatever their assignment in your life, on
Whatever the occasion, on
Whatever the day, or wherever you need them to meet
You with their gym
Shoes on and hair pulled back, or to hold you back
From making a
Complete fool of yourself. . .those are your best
Friends.
It may all be wrapped up in one woman, but for many,