‘friend’

so last october i wrote this poem abt my friend elana. and while nowadays were not the best of friends, this poem means a lot to me. i know im not the best poet but in my defence i was 12 and going through a lot. it got passed around a lot last year and i think it was under ‘anonymous’ but now im finally posting it so y’all know i wrote it lmao 

FRIEND

My only piece of solidarity 

In a cruel world

We both fall in unison

Ashamed of the scars we carry

Too scared to be honest

In this war between mind and man

Ever so slowly succumbing

To this battlefield of thoughts 

We both fight in

We hide the lines

Carved into our skins

But we know they are there

Too petrified to be vulnerable

We pretend everything is okay

Even when it’s not

But you give me hope

That I am not fighting alone

And for that I am infinitely grateful 

Vince Gibson 01.10.23