2. chris's poem

well, isn’t that strange.
you guys don’t talk anymore?
you used to be
peas in a pod,
woody and buzz,
timon and pumbaa,
spongebob and patrick,
it was a bond
that you couldn’t break
no matter what you used.
so what happened?

maybe it was you,
hanging around with others,
changing the way you act
and fitting more with them.
maybe you two
were more different
than you initially thought
and it drove you away
to another group.

or maybe it was them,
acting like they were
your entire life,
and that having friends
other than them
was not to be tolerated.
wanting to be
head honcho,
the royalty atop the throne,
they couldn’t stand to see it.
you? with someone else?
couldn’t be?

or, ya know,
maybe you both had issues
that the other couldn’t solve.
maybe you guys
just weren’t meant
to be that close
and learning about each other
more and more
took all the love away.

it happens,
sometimes people
try to make it work,
but they just can’t.
it’s humbling, though,
it gives you some time
to work on yourself
and realize that
you could be better tomorrow
than you are today,
so that one day,
you and that friend
will get things back on track.