Whatever It Takes

Friends send texts with hidden knowledge because they know you’re stressed out about college

Friends ask to hang out because they know you have some doubt

They see the marks on your forearms, they know how to see you through the storms

A bond that has always been there since the day that you did swear

Never to leave and never to forget to tell each other that it’s not over yet

And the real ones never let go, they hold onto you when you fall below

I’ve seen the sacrifice
Of those who wouldn’t think twice

Take a bullet to the chest
Lose every night of possible rest

Pick up the phone the moment it vibrates
Hold you when it’s too much to take

Send songs and verses to inspire hope, the ones who’ll give you their only coat when you feel cold

Who would sneak out at night, just to show you a sliver of light

Pray and reach out, tell you it’s okay to have doubts

Who will call you when you say you need to talk, take you out at night so you can go for a walk

Break down doors, give up their kidney to be your cure

Drag you out of unsafe places, crawl through any spaces

The only ones allowed to get through the ‘do not disturb’ because that’s how much they mean to you

Go shopping when you need to get out of the house, drive around town to help you figure it out

Endure the names thrown their way, text to see how you are every day

Push through the insults, just to consult

Tell you that you are loved when you break down, search through the woods until you are found

This is what best friends do, they hold on when they know it’s all through

The ones who beg you to leave because they see the damage you can’t believe

Who say they love you and wave goodbye and as they turn, they hide the tears in their eyes

When you are blinded by the pain
And can’t see that things won’t be the same

They hold your hand one last time, they love you when you aren’t fine

What to do, they hate to know
So they soften the blow

They take their shot at your side and die from the internal bleeding inside

Because your wounds are visible, but their wounds are inexplicable

Like Romeo and Juliet, they’ll take the poison that causes your death

They’ll die for you to live, even if they don’t think you’ll ever forgive

They hang their head in shame as you cry out and they hold back despite their every urge because they’re devout

They love you forever still even though it’s the end, even if you are no longer best friends