Best Poems Written by Shannon Lee

We Will Be Friends

You will be my best friend.

You will talk to me, and I will listen.

I will talk to you, and you will listen

For the most part.

We will have conversations.

We will talk about everything and nothing

And we will learn nothing about each other from it

At all.

You will be my most trusted friend.

You will let me talk about my problems, dilemmas, conflicts, and you will not laugh at me

To my face.

You will tell me that you like my shirt

Though you will not remember that is was purple tomorrow

You will tell me that my hair looks stupid when it is down

Because what are friends for

After all?

You will be my confidante.

You will learn that I am in love with the boy with green eyes

You won’t breath a word of this to him

Just to his friends.

You will tell me that my secrets are safe with you

You’ll keep my words behind your lips that are drawn so tightly

That they’re transparent.

You will be my oldest friend

We will go to school together all year

I will see you in the halls with your other friends and you will look at me

And then look away

You will remember to say hi

When we are forced to be partners in class

I will see you everyday

And when you don’t see me

And I will scream in my head

“What did I do? What did I do?”

Copyright © Shannon Lee | Year Posted 2013