[i had a friend]

I had a friend...

One of my best friends.

I never saw him face-to-face.

But I knew him very well.

Sometimes, I think I still do.

I had a friend...

I thought we must be twins, because I swear we could almost read minds.
Sometimes, we practically spoke in code.
I didn't have to explain things to him, because he already understood.

He made me laugh more than anybody else.
He was a good listener when nobody else paid attention to me.

I had a friend...

I don't know why. We didn't have that much in common. Different parts of the country, different genders, different ages, different backgrounds, different tastes.

We just had a symbiotic relationship. Sometimes I think our ups and downs mirrored each other, and we distracted each other from life.

I had a friend...

We still say to each other that we're friends, kind of.
We still keep in contact, a little.
We still know each other, I think.

I'm still looking for him, even though he's been gone a long time.

I'm still waiting for him to come back.

I had a friend. Maybe I will again, eventually.

I had a friend. I called him my brother.