Open my eyes
Open my eyes,
Because now I see all of my friends embarking,
On a new mission,
They are flying on a space ship,
Across the sky,
From down here I see,
The space ship taking off,
It is exciting,
And I am happy for my friends,
This is something that they been dreaming of for a long time,
This is a one time opportunity,
I don’t like flying at all,
I am not jealous,
Open my eyes,
And let me see a world without death and violence,
Open my eyes,
And let me and my friends live free,
Because we are living on borrow time,
And death is fast approaching because the world that we know is ending,
The new day is here,
For me and my friends,
Open my eyes,
My friends and l are free to give thanks,
By my side, my friends and l will always be,
Open my eyes,
Now we need to console each other,
To hold together and hope for a better future,
Who knows where the future will lead us friends?
I don’t like to say goodbye to all of my friends,
Because I need to show my friends that I am strong,
My friends the pair of boots that I am wearing are made for walking,
We can’t understand the reason why we are free,
I understand the looks in all of my friends eyes,
And their tears,
I will let my friends know how much they mean to me,
It is time for me to let go of all of the bad things that I have done to my friends,
Open my eyes,
Show me heaven, God,
Let me and my friends see heaven,
Your friendship is more than words can express friends,
Make me love you my friends,
God don’t give up on us,
You are all of the friends that support me in my daily life,
My friends and I are unbreakable,
I wont say good bye to this day,
And neither to my friends,
My friends and I dig up a diamond,
This is us in this picture taken a long time ago,
With you friends,
Tonight we need strength,
To get us through,
Friends gave me their happy smiles,
Me and my friends are meeting the girls across the river,
Open my eyes,
The burden of life we have all carried,
Thank you for our life God,
Friends don’t be ashamed of your age,
Speak to me friends and breathe,
We gave you our hearts God,
Friends the last thing to go was this old tree,
That was planted on the side of the old road,
My friends and I have chocolate on our tongues,
We have been craving sugar all day,
That sweet taste,
We can feel,
Open my eyes,
So I can see the atlas,
I will be able to see all the world,
Friends I don’t mind the wind blowing on my face,
Let’s take a giant step together friends,
When we all feel the sun in our hearts,
Friends let’s get right with God,
Friends all that we are living for is peace and Justice,
Friends there is no need to watch the news,
Because there is enough suffering in the world,
Open my eyes,
So I can see “ The Pirate of the Caribbean “ sailing in their ship-sailing with my friends over the,
Atlantic Sea,
We are glad that the water beneath the colorless ice is,
Motionless,
We are longing for a simple life and a world that is,
Transparent,
To my friends and me, honey is the scent of freedom,
Open my eyes,
Let me see that skin that is aging gracefully,
All of my friends can see that I am aging gracefully also,
Sometimes I have to remind myself that my friends care,
About me,
Inside of me there is some bittnerness , resentment and,
Guilt that I feel,
There is something about my friends that you have to,
Know,
They are here for me,
Right where I want them to be,
Friends I sometimes tell you stupid things,
Because sometimes I feel that I am losing my mind,
The best day is yet to come,
This is the day that we are standing in front of,
Ground zero,
Some of them could have been our families,
Friends are better with me  together,
Friends do you remember the last time that we were in,
The Carribbean?
Friends I believe that dreams will be dreams,
Open my eyes,
Let me see that cookie jar on the kitchen counter,
Because I can never say no to a cookie,
Friends I always remember spring,
My friends are related to me,
It is so good that I know you all friends,
Open my eyes,
I saw this house down the street,
I had shown it to my friends,
They could not believe what they saw,
There was graffiti written on the walls of that house,
What a mess,
The ones that did it, thought it was art,
Or maybe a form of expression,
To us it was horrible,
Friends, the fools we are as men,
Open my eyes,
And let me see the wild flowers in the forest where this,
Time, I walk alone, without my friends,
Friends, you will always be the same to me,
Jesus don’t touch my friends,
Friends, I want to be the one that places the wreath at the,
Soldiers grave, every Remembrance Day,
Open my eyes,
Open my eyes,
Open my eyes,
Open my eyes.

FRIENDS

Friends meaning so many definitions,
Really can be interpreted in so many ways,
I can think of so many meanings of a friend,
Everyone interprets friends differently
No wonder the word is left so openly,
Do you get confused by this word too?
Surly there is just one meaning of this word-

-FRIENDS
(Read vertically first letters)

© By HF-Whisper
22/2/2020

FRIENDS STATEMENT

Friends-Acquaintances.
Friends-Friends with Benefits. (F.W.B)
Friends- Friends.
Friends- By text only.
Friends-Social Media friends only.
Friends- Long distance -International friends.
Friends- One night stand. (O.N.S)
Friends-Casual.
Friends-Ongoing casual.
Friends-Regular catch up’s-but only at events.
Friends- Regular catch up’s only one on one.
Friends-Equally balanced catch ups.
Friends-No dating but showing interest.
Friends-Not interested but acting interested.
Friends-How can I benefit from having you as my friend?
Friends- In good times and bad.
Friends-Lifelong friends.

-How many kinds of friends do you have?
I'm sure you can think of more!

FRIENDS

© By HF-Whisper
22/2/2020

Here’s a little story
About a daughter
And her family

See the daughter has depression and anxiety
But the mother is oblivious
The mother is unaware of the depression
She genuinely believes that cutting and the fact that her daughter goes to therapy are linked to anxiety

And yet
Even though the mother seems to think that it’s only anxiety
Meaning that the anxiety is that extreme
She still wakes the daughter up
By screaming
She still questions the daughter
In front of a crowd
She still yells at the daughter, overwhelms her
And sends her into a panic attack

And yet all the people on the outside see is a mother worried about her daughter
And trying to help her
By taking her to therapy
But they don’t see the locked doors
They don’t see the screaming
The name calling
The belittling
They don’t see
That the mother
Is the reason that the daughter
Has to fight
So **** hard
To want to live

They don’t see that the daughter is only happy with her friends
They don’t see the scars on her arms, legs, and hips
They don’t see that the daughters only escape is when she’s not at home
They don’t see that the very therapist the mother takes her to
Is proud of the daughter
For staying alive
In such
Rough
Circumstances
Blood doesn’t mean family

But enough about the mother lets move on to the father.
The father that refused to pay child support for the first 3 years after the divorce
The father that had a second child, the daughter’s half brother, with another woman
The father that is engaged to a different woman now
The father that, when evacuated from his city due to a fire, took his fiancé to Jamaica instead of seeing his kids
The father that forgot his daughters birthday
The father that is “old school”
Which just means
Sexist
And homophobic
Blood doesn’t mean family

Next is the sister
The sister that supports me
The sister that laughs with me
The sister that understands how I feel
The sister that helps me when I need it
The sister that believes in me
That loves me
The sister creates fun and amazing stories and experiences with me
Just because she’s in the mood to have fun
The sister that raised me to be a good person
That taught me
And teaches me
How to get through life
Blood doesn’t mean family

Finally
The friends
The friend that gave me a reason to live
The friend that gave me a reason to laugh
The friend that showed me that it can get better and that they love and care for me and they don’t just “hope I get through this” but that they are going to be there and make sure that I get through this
The friend that marched with me with a rainbow
The friend that treated my relationships the same as straight ones
The friend that told me she’s open to the experience if I want to kiss her
The friends that I can flirt with and we laugh about it
The friends that I can flirt with and it becomes a little more than just friends
The friends who maybe I’m not as close with but who still show interest in my life and what I’m interested in and let me talk about activism because it makes me happy to empower people
The friend that made me believe in beautiful
The friend that stayed up with me when I had a nightmare about my molesting and help my hand until I fell back asleep
The friend that stated up all night on FaceTime singing songs together from our favourite band
The friend that boosts my ego when we go to the gym
The friend that cried when she found out I self harmed
The friends that worry about me and want me to get better
The friends that live far away
The friends that live close by
The friends that have shown me more love and happiness in the past year than I’ve known my whole life
The friend that was there even when I felt numb to the world and they just let me be but they made sure I know they’re here
The friends that ask questions when they don’t understand
The friends that are interested in what I do
The friends that offer me a place to stay should I need it
The friends who make sure I eat
The friends who worry when I don’t eat
The friends who sit at the back of the bus
The friends who get drunk
The friends who throw skittles at people
The friends who are in my class
The friends who are older than me
The friends who are younger than me
The friends who help me with homework
The friends who show me there are good people in the world
The friends
Who stick by me
And show me
That
Blood doesn’t mean family

We don’t choose the situation we are born into
But we do get to choose
Who our family is
So thank you
To my real family
For not only keeping me alive
But making me happy to be.