Dear Megan

Dear Megan, 

This is the week. 

This week on Friday, April 13th you will have been gone for 6 whole years. 

How is that possible? 

It seems like it was just yesterday we watched movies and laughed together. 

Even though It may have not seemed like it at times - I appreciated your friendship so much. 

I was just thinking yesterday about how my friend track record hasn't been the greatest for my entire life. 

As a little girl I was a lone wolf. I didn't really mind at first..knowing I was different.

I didn't understand why I was so small but just rolled with it. 

If anything being tiny made me want to try harder. 

It made me want to prove to others I could be just as strong or fast or witty. 

I hung out with all the boys. I practically was a boy. 

But we all parted ways as Grade School progressed. 

There in 2nd grade, I met a girl named Michelle. 

She was my best friend all through grade school. 

But when Jr High came -  out of the blue I received a letter from her before school.  

It was not a kind letter. 

It was a letter of curse words. A letter of bullying. A letter of threats. 

A letter ending our friendship. 

I was alone for a while. 

Some other girls put me under their wing. 

But then I met you. 

You were there for the rest of Jr High and all through high school. 

And 1 year after high school I lost you. 

Without you I was in fight or flight mode. 

I made another friend named H. 

She had bi polar. 

She used me as a punching bag with her words. 

She broke off our entire friendship over me breaking up with a boy. 

Then I met K. 

And she is a lovely girl. 

We are still friends but she recently did something not so great. 

I can feel her fading away. 

And so my dear Megan. 

You. 

You were my greatest friend I've ever had. 

And I miss you every day. 

Maybe I'll go back to being a lone wolf again.

But if I pause and look around, I'm not totally alone. 

I have brilliant friends all across the globe. 

And I have an older man who soaks up my soul and loves to hear my words. 

Last but not least, I have the ears, eyes, and smiles of small children. 

So perhaps I should not complain.

I am honored to have met you. 

Thank you for being there for me when I needed you. 

Thank you for being kind to me. 

Thank you for never leaving me. 

Love, 

Your Best friend forever, 

Kathryn 

Reviews

[sette]

oh my what a wonderful tribute to your friend megan and i hope she had read this. friendships come and go with lots of reasons in between but what makes life amazing is that we have all the chances in the world to seek out new friendships and nurture them along the way.

[Coyote Poetry]

A wonderful story in the poetry for your friend Megan. We do have few true friends Kathryn. Thank you for sharing the story and your thoughts.
Coyote