We Were Friends Since Forever

We were friends since forever, a constant since we were three years old

I remember sharing those ice creams, candies and punishment sessions with you

And I remember playing dollhouse with you, post our makeup sessions

And I remember those long drives in your first red suzuki,

A gift from your parents on your seventeenth birthday

So where did we go wrong and fell apart?

I remember myself saving seat for you next to mine

Since nursery till high school, from classroom to lunch break to tuitions

I remember you saving me from embarrassment

When I got my first period during school, and you gave me the extra skirt you had

So where did we go wrong and fell apart?

I remember setting you up with your first ever crush

And helping you through your first ever heartbreak.

I remember you helping me with all my studies

And through all those hard times I had with my family and everything

So where did we go wrong and fell apart?

I remember all our Disney movies’ marathons ,

Those times when we bunked classes to go chill in the Lovers’ park

And your hair coloring phase, from brunette to blonde to sea green till red

And my oh-my-God-Zac-Efron-is-the-Greek-God-I-Have-Been-looking-for phase,

And I remember your first kiss and how much you hated it

I remember you obsessing over how magically a hair straightener works,

And I remember us loving each other through all of it

So where did we go wrong and fell apart?

Maybe when you started liking pineapple on your pizza,

Or maybe your preference changed from ginger ale to coca cola,

Or maybe it was when we started hiding things from each other

Or maybe when other people started becoming our priorities

Or maybe when our BFF Traditions became the same for five more girls

Or maybe when we fell for the same guy and never moved on from that,

Or maybe when we both moved to different cities, and you met new people

Who made you laugh like a seven-year-old at the secret jokes you all shared,

Or maybe when, after that, I decided to not do anything about it, giving up on us

I don’t know who went wrong, or when and how it happened

But what I do know is, I still remember all those things

Which might not matter to you, but they do to me

And it hurts when I have things to share with you, which only you would understand

And I have everyone around me, except you.