My friends are
chain links, a part
of an ever rusting fence
that never falls apart.
No one
has tried
to jump over us.
They always
wind up falling in.

She has lived her
life with more
vigor and sincerity
than this world
knows how to deal
with.
Her voice is loud
and her heart
is larger
than she can
understand.-L

His smile is straight
though the rest is crooked.
He is benevolent
and kind.
I don’t know
how he thinks.
We’ve spent nearly
4 years
trying to understand
the cogs in his mind.-P

She has planted
flowers in
the unhappiness of others.
Her voice is tranquil
and her eyes
communicate
more than
I’ve heard in my
lifetime.- K

He is easy
to excuse
the arrogance
I exude.
His presence
is serene.
He doesn’t rock
the boat
he is the boat.
Showing us
existences
we’d  somehow
managed to
live so long
without. –M

Her laugh
is nothing
short of
an eighth
wonder.
She smiles
in different languages
and manages to
communicate through one.
She is hard to hear
because she spouts
truths that
we forgot
we knew. –H

I can only commend
him
on his life.
He’s done so well
with a deck
that continues
getting shuffled.
He has so much
to say
because his mind
leaves
nothing to
his imagination.
He sees everything
without blinking
an eye. - P

I’d tell you
more
if I could bear
to hash it out.
Truth is
they are hard
humans
to know,
because they are
so much more than
the words
I’ve used to
describe them.