Bestie at Birth

We never were friends though I’ve known you all your life, but then it happened one day when I stopped being a wife 

I finally found me and to my surprise my bestie was right before my eyes 

A friend who stuck closer than a brother. Closer even than my own mother. 

Time went by we talked every day. We were there for each other in so many ways. 

Hard times came. Beyond belief 

Abuse. Despair. Cancer. Grief 

We made it through though not always on our feet

Breaking free from oppressive pasts. Forging new ways to live and to last

Supporting one another through it all. Until little by little things unraveled. 

The close knit pattern we’d woven together. Through thick and thin and all kinds of  weather 

The tapestry began to fray. A broken thread, a frayed edge. No one now to talk me off the ledge. 

The beautiful creature, trapped and confined. Finally broke free and kind of lost her mind. 

Freedom is heavy and comes with cost. With blowing up your life we must count the cost. 

Hopes. Dreams. Desires and more, all dead now lying on the floor. 

New hopes blossom. Dreams come to life. You’re more than a mother. More than a wife. 

Free to be, like never before 

What was closed, now opened and even new doors

Your open door has paved new paths. You don’t want to look back and I get that

You jumped from the fire into the pan.  I didn’t realize you must need a man. 

Out of the darkness and into the light. I pray you don’t get lost in the fight 

The fight for freedom and all you lost. Mostly yourself and what a cost 

But now you’re free from the bonds that once held

Wish it hadn’t destroyed the friendship we’d built 

-MS 

August 19, 2023