Friendship

I was speaking to a friend She said nothing had changed But her eyes revealed That nothing was the same I stood looking at my friend I had known since just a child She indicated with her hand That we should sit for a while I was sitting with the friend Who had stood by me through thick and thin I tried to dismiss my feelings But misgivings pushed their way up again I felt anxious for this friend Who had gifted me her heart It was a lifelong friendship That could not be torn apart I respected the silence of a friend A sibling from a different place Regardless of the voiceless dilemma Our friendship would survive unconquered and safe