You hold on to my arm as you laugh

It’s a brisk, but warm attack

In the second our arms connect

It all comes rushing back

The day we first met

Sitting together in class

I asked to borrow a pencil 

And you liked my new bookbag 

The day you met my mom

Who loved you right away

You would sleep over here

Almost every Saturday 

The first time I cried in front of you

I felt so vulnerable and week

You held me in your arms

And wiped the tears that streaked

The day we fought about loyalty

The boy that got between us

The next two years would be a mess

All over a dumb little fuss

The day you texted me out of the blue 

Asking to meet up and talk

It was like nothing ever happened 

I guess we just needed to grow up

I realize now that these two years

Were the universe’s way

Of guaranteeing we matured and grew

And now, friends we will stay