One Was The Friend

I have never seen a smile that shines

Quiet as bright as the one he shows me

A thousand supernova bursting in the sky

Could not radiate such power so brilliantly

I have never known a friend to step into the fire

And calmly find a place beside me to stand

He cheerfully lept up onto the hot burning pier

Just to be close enough if I needed a hand

No iridescence in the ocean could sparkle and glimmer

Nor any fairy fire of the forest glow and gleem

Like the emerald magic in his eyes when they shimmer

With the vibrance once only seen in my favorite dream

I have never seen darkness and sorrow

Learn how to be so gentle and kind

I never knew an embrace so selfless

Arms that hold tight, but do not bind

I have never seen someone's thoughts so clearly

Written allover the perfect features of their face

I have never seen such a perfect balance

Of silly, nervous, stumbling, confident, grace

I've never seen someone cut in half

By my verbal scythe so sharp it cuts to the soul

Forgive me so easily and risk further wrath

Just to try to keep my heart and mind whole

I have never seen a room so bright and cheerful

As the ones I am in when he walks through the door

I have never seen a soul so authentic and original

As the one that sees through it all and right to my core