Posted on December 7, 2013 at 9:31 pm

What It Means To Be A Friend

PATRICE
A friend’s not a cheap little phony creep
Or a jerk trying to make a deal.
A friend is a person who, most of all,
Cares about what you feel;
And nothing is harder
Than learning a friend isn’t real.

A friend sends notes back and forth all day
And doesn’t care that you can’t spell.
A friend knows you’ve got a crush on your teacher,
But a friend would never tell.
A friend’s outside waiting
The minute you both hear the bell…

And if your heart is always breaking
‘Cause the world is just not fair,
When you’re at your worst,
Your friend’s the first one there,

Giving you something to lean on –
And that’s what it means to be a friend.

A friend won’t smoke when she’s in your room
Or laugh at the poems you write.
A friend won’t go and start kissing your brother
The minute that you’re out of sight.
A friend is the person
You call sixteen times ev’ry night…

And if your heart is always breaking,
And you want to run and hide,
When your hope is gone,
Your friend is on your side.

If someone moves in ‘round the corner
And you want to show him you care,
So you give him all your last month of vacation
And all of the time you can spare,
And then, on the first day of classes,
He acts like you’re not even there,
Then he doesn’t know…
He doesn’t know!
He’ll never know what it means to be
A friend.