Our Friendship Runs Deep

Audio Recording on Tuesday night

"Our Friendship Runs Deep"

You continue to flummox me

With your mysterious and clever ways,

Your words can drown me like the sea,

Your actions don’t follow what you say.

You are rough and you are wild,

I am steady, and I am calm,

While you are fiery, I am mild,

When I feel awkward, you harbor aplomb.

Ever since our troubled childhood,

When we first became close friends,

I did what children always should,

But for you, the rules would always bend.

You are a free and blazing fire

You move without turning back.

It is this vivacity that I admire;

You have all the traits I seem to lack.

You have witnessed tragic events,

Events a girl our age should never see,

But you continue to live in the present;

You strive to be happy, and happy you will be.

Despite our faults and despite our follies,

Despite our differences and despite our downfalls,

Our love and friendship knows no boundaries;

You always come back to me when you are called.

I promise to always warn you

Against flying too close to the sun,

If you promise to be one of the few

Who is still with me when all is said and done.

I found inspiration for this poem in Lord Byron’s work “She Walks In Beauty.” In my own poem, I mimicked Byron’s rhyme scheme (ABAB, CDCD, etc.) and his prominent use of imagery. Byron’s literary works are known to include references to the natural world, which can also be found in my poem. Lord Byron is a poet from the Romantic Era, resulting in his poems expressing love for nature, encouraging liberty and individuality, and valuing old legends. In my poem, I compare my good friend to many aspects of nature, and I commend her free spirit. I also refer to the Greek myth of Icarus, the boy who flew too close to the sun and died, in my piece.