Forever Friend

[Maddie]

I wrote this a while ago, felt like putting it up here for comments and whatnot, so tell me how you like it, and what you would change and stuff, thanks.

My Forever Friend

We grew up together, inseparable friends
Had sleep-overs, parties, and fun to no end,
But time came between us, and we grew apart,
She took up flirting, I took up the arts

She runs with a new crowd, the popular ones,
But I see in her eyes that she has no fun
We still talk together, sometimes in the hall,
And every so often she gives me a call

She comes to my parties and I go to hers
but days turn to months, innumerable blurs
Without further contact with my so-called friend
But it is all right, she’s there in the end

I’m her back-up friend, and I know it’s true,
But I’m always there for her when she’s feeling blue
We still are good friends, but it’s just not the way
That it used to be years ago when we would play

I can see for myself that she has no real ‘pals’
In that gang where she hangs out with all of the gals
And I tell her I’m here, and always will be
Ready for days when she will most need me

Our friendship’s been tested but we have been true
how could we not be, with all we've been through
She grew up beside me, just ‘round the bend
And she’ll always be there, my forever friend.

[*~Leigh Hartman]

That is a really nice poem, and I wouldn't change anything about it.
Except, if you wrote that for one of your friends, then I'd suggest giving a
copy of it to her, unless you already have. And if you have, what did she
say??