ali's Corner. [Bahrain's A Ways Away]

8 months seems like an eternity when you're without your best friend.

he's not just my best friend because we have a good time - regardless.
he's my best friend because he always cares.
he's never too busy to stop.
because he's at the throat of every boy that even looks at me until he meets and approves of them.
and keeps his eyes on the ones who have hurt me in the past.
he's the only person that can make me laugh after i've been so angry, sad or upset.
laugh until my sides are physically screaming.
he brings me flowers that he's made out of napkins and colored with markers when i'm sad.
we write songs about joining the circus and sing them loudly to wake the whole neighborhood up.
he brings out the best in me.
we always cause scenes in public that end with people staring and [usually] laughing along, too.
we ALWAYS argue - because we know each other so well and neither of us can take our own advice.
&& no matter how stupid the other one can be, we still love each other for who we are. not what we do.

the best thing about our relationship is simply knowing that neither of us is going anywhere.
we're going to grow old together.
i'll be his best man.
and he'll be my maid of honor.
our kids will be best friends.
as well as my husband and his wife.
we'll buy motorcycles together when we turn 50.
and ride to the east coast.
we'll have wheel chair races in our nursing homes.
and at night i'll sneak into his hospital room to share a can of jelly bellies
and sing stupid songs while our brittle fingers try to strum the strings of our guitars.
then when Heavens get the best of us,
i'll stand up, just like we've stood up for each other in the past.
stood up to the evil hearts of others, to cruel family members and stood up to pick the other up off the ground.
i'll stand up at the grave site and explain the crazy relationship we had.
that no one will ever understand.
unless your name is pat.
or ali.
how we both lived lives not only free of regret,
lives of laughing
and of fun.
but we both lived lives knowing someone else cared.
we were never alone.
and we had the best BEST FRIEND we could ask for.