Friendshift

You were the only one I would adventure with
We had no cares, there was no script
We were constantly in each other's company
Just like a true bestest friend should be

I thought you'd be my companion evermore
Side by side the world beholding
But it's not that way anymore
Our journeys separately unfolding

The years sped by and we were awkward teens
Together in highs and lows and in-betweens
Late-night heart-to-hearts; jostling to belong
Our lives interwove, and our friendship grew strong

From baby, child, then to teen
Side-by-side we'd always been
So we thought it would always be
Then you had to leave for your degree
A life without our friendship would be too strange
We made a promise that nothing would change

I had new classes 'n friends, and you had yours too
They filled my time, they're more present than you
Life moved at double speed, no time for yesterday
Intentions to connect slipped along the way

I thought you'd be my companion evermore
Side by side the world beholding
But it's not that way anymore
Our journeys separately unfolding

Intentions to connect, intentions to relive, intentions to be an adult
Waking to find my life on a different street in a different house
What happened to "the way things are"
Did they leave me forever
Did the world leap out of the hedgerow and deal me a blow
And whatever became of my perpetually school-age friends

Decades gone: we meet again by chance
Do you still remember me? Yes, in any circumstance
I take your hand and we cut right through the years
Our friendship's worth its joyous weight in tears

I thought you'd be my companion evermore
Side by side the world beholding
Though it's not the same anymore
Our journeys never cease unfolding