Thank you for being nocturnal with me; for kissing me on the cheek with your grizzly jaw, for letting the silence between us speak for itself.
Thank you for dreaming of Greece and music festivals and road trips, and for carrying my friends across the busy streets and for laughing about it; for holding me in that perfect way that makes me feel safe and loved.
Thank you for letting me bounce around enlivened with energy and never asking me to slow down; for never complaining when I wander away; for staying; for treading softly and living free.
Thank you for astronautical mornings, sweltering afternoons spread out in rainbow grass, and for smoky nights; thank you for being the last one on the dance floor with me.
Thank you for horses grazing on the beach, and for log cabin jacuzzi hazes, and for unfalteringly hoping; for huddling in a tent in soft white sand; for believing in me.
Dear friend, you feel like home to me, so let's keep chasing dogs through the streets and trekking through sewage tunnels and watching hours fly away from us like a swarm of gulls on a Mediterranean beach.
You know me: a fickle girl, afraid to commit or admit or abstain, yet all the same, thank you for being my friend.