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Togetherness
There was a topic,
One quite puzzling,
One to stump the greatest geniuses
Of the word.
It had left me hanging
For a day or two,
Which later turned to a week.
I asked myself,
"What is a friend?"
And not knowing the answer,
I did what any red-blooded, 21st century American would.
I turned to the Internet.
I typed my query into Google,
To be met with a barrage
To rival war
Of quotes and pictures and even other poems,
But none answered my question.
It was in an email
To a person I cannot categorize
That it hit me,
As hard as a bullet,
Yet as soft as a burst of wind.
Friendship is not
Something you know with your head,
But something you feel with your heart.
I can’t ask
“What is a friend?”
Because I already know.
My question had been answered,
Not by the Internet,
But by a person I'll now
call my friend,
The definition clear.
The answer was vague,
And my questions still many,
But I am confident
That when I meet a person
I'll know what to call them.
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I originally wrote this for the poetry contest at my school. I didn't win, but I kept this poem, because I really liked it. It's about friendship, and about having someone, no matter who they are, that you can talk to, and laugh with.