Every Day

 

 

Dedicated to my only remaining real life friend from elementary school who stood by me, helped me up when he detected the slightest hint I was upset, and always did what was right for others even if it meant having to sacrifice something he loved.

 

 

 

He never gave up, even though I was one of a large temper and sometimes so hyperactive to the point of annoyance.  He never got so frustrated to the point of using an angry tone of voice and giving me the silent treatment.  He rarely gave me the blame, even if he knew it was my fault and not his.  Everything he did was completely opposite of what most people our age did nowadays.  Somehow, he had maintained his kindness throughout everything we had been through.

 

There was my first long-term best friend who never really understood me.  She hated him, and even though I was once friends with her, he never let her tear our friendship.  Then came my other ex-friend, who used lies to try and pry us apart out of her own dirty hatred.  He told me what was true, and I didn't believe him even after everything.  Everything I could have thrown out, and everything I could have lost.  Lie after lie after lie, and even when the truth emerged from the shadows it had been contained to and I had apologized with all my heart, he forgave me.  He was forgiving...a trait I wished I could have.  When I said something, half the time someone would say 'weirdo' like they wanted to hurt me.  But when I spoke to him, he said it in a way that laughed lightly and told me that he didn't really mean it...because he understood me.

 

Even now, as summer fades away and we walk into a new year, surrounded by new friends, he's the one who gets me the most.  Never did I think I'd be able to call him my best friend, but he deserves everything that's wonderful in the world for what he does. 

 

 

 Sometimes I felt like a set of colored pencils on a stark white sheet of paper. When I'm blue and on the verge of tears, no matter how hard I tried, he'd always know something wasn't right.  No matter how stubborn I would act, he'd persist, and the way he gives a caring glance to anyone in trouble makes you want to tell him everything.  Whenever I'm yellow, brilliantly jumping for joy, he'll want to share in my happiness and when he knows, he'll be happy for me.  

 

There was the time I was hurt in gym, because of something someone said.  I walked away and spent most of my time alone, almost crying because it seemed like they didn't care.  My sensitivity was obvious, but my sadness wasn't.  Throw the ball...get it in the net...walk to the back.  My heart didn't have the spirit anymore- that's how sensitive I was/am- and I sat against the wall.  Who else was to come over but him, and there's no doubt that he deserves the best the world can give him.  Surrounded by sweaty, rushing kids, he'll push past them, sit next to me, and comfort.  He'd be the one who cheered me up and would take the step that would fix everything.  That day, he did fix it.  He fixed everything, and I'm ashamed of myself that I never got the chance to give it back to him.

 

Whenever I tried to give him comfort, he always refused.  He never wanted to let his own troubles interfere with someone else's mood.  He deserved just as much comfort as he gave.

 

 

I don't think he knows how much he does for everyone each day.  Even though people call him things that I know hurt him inside, he'll always stay strong and be the rope that keeps everyone from falling.  It's just his nature that makes him that way, and I'm envious how easily he's nice- how he never tries and he just makes the people around him happy.   Never in my life would I have imagined to still be the same way he was five years ago when I met him- happy, caring, and funny...but most of all, supportive.

 

Every day he saves me from whatever cruel joke that gets thrown my way.  Every day I thank the world that he's my friend.  Every day he saves me something, even if it's my own frightened thoughts of failure.  He's my best friend.

 

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o,o That's actually short for me, lol.  It's mostly the lyrics to the songs though.

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