We’ve been best friends since crayons and glue, Since show-and-tell and missing teeth too. We built our world on playground swings, Shared every secret, did reckless things. But now there’s a wall I can’t climb through, And it’s not something either of us drew. Your mom looks at me like I’m the wrong note Like I’m a page from a book she never wrote. You say it’s fine, say you’ll stay put, Even though your smile doesn’t quite foot. You don’t want to break the fragile glass, So you let your own happiness pass. You won’t go back to your dad, you say Afraid you’ll just get in the way. But don’t you see what it’s costing you? That silence is cracking your light in two. You won’t talk, and I don’t push, But your laugh is softer, your heart hush-hush. I miss you even when you’re near, And I don’t know how to pull you clear. I’d fight the world just to ease your pain, Stand outside with you in the rain. But you’ve shut the door and lost the key, Even though you still sit beside me. So I wait with hands that want to hold, A story paused, a friendship bold. When you're ready, I’ll still be here With every truth and every tear.