M'kay so I suck at poerty but I want to get better soooo have a horrible excuse for a submission. This one's directed towards girls:

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I know you.

I hope you know that too.

You who listened to my rants.

One at a time, we borrowed each other's pants

After church in our dresses

One hiding the other's bareness with 'yes's

That always followed a 'Can I borrow these?'

Then playing Cops and Thieves

With our legs properly covered.

I know you,

I wish you knew that.

After all we've been through,

I'm still here for you.

Tell me about your Him,

Whisper his personality while lights dim.

Smile with me once again,

Together we'll reign

Over imaginary pixies

and palaces of sticks.

Just don't push me away

Just because we're both changing

(Not pants this time)

Please tell me there's that part of you left-

~~

Now for guys:

~

'Hey, wanna come over?'

'Yeah, sure!'

'Cool, what are we going to play?'

'Knights!'

Those were easy times...

Times of shining armor and speaking in rhymes...

Of searching for Camelot

As 'Sirs Lancelot'...

It's not so easy now.

Nothing seems to flow.

Being popular doesn't matter,

And no, you aren't getting fatter.

I'm glad we're still close.

You're still my 'Friend Best Most!'

We didn't speak right then,

It was all 'Fight or Flight' then.

I remember we chose the former

Every single time.

Fighting dragons and saving maids

But now we're into Pokemon Raids.

What's wrong with that?

I don't see why you're nervous.

You were always the brave one,

Standing up to the drunk man's son.

He'd laugh in your face,

Tell you 'Watch your place',

But you'd never let him hurt anyone.

I want to do that for you, brother.

Get you away from this smothering life,

Maybe to the woods sometime.

I only have one more thing to say:

'Hey, you wanna come over?'

~~

*C R I N G E* 

Okay, I'm never going to submit a poem if I don't just write one right now. This hasn't had any editing, as I'm writing it on the spot...

butterflies in my stomach

hands clenched

biting my lip

my worry is disrupted by a bing!

scramble for my phone

open the email

it's from you

you, who can cheer me in the darkness

you, who knows when i need support

you, who remembers my complaints

and answers them

my heart is lifted

i begin to laugh

you have sent me a picture of yourself

grinning

eyes wide

funny face

my worries are forgotten

i prepare, confident again

writing a reply in my head

you have made me win today 

forever friend

hey, you're my forever friend, you know that?

we've known each other since the beginning

("no," you say, "because you're older")

("yes," I say, "because I don't care")

and we fully plan on getting old together-

("oh, and didn't we pretend we'd lived our past life together? in celestialland- remember that?")

(and I laugh, because I was six when I made that up, and I was weird)

we were young, and nothing was complicated and now we are still young, but things are harder

and stuff has changed, but we've stayed friends

and hey, I know you have other friends

I have others too

(and I could have written a poem about any of them, but not this one)

(and I didn't, I'm writing a poem about you)

(that has to mean something, but I don't know what)

my best friend is jimmy, he goes to my school

and i hang out with sophie, and miguel, and leroy, and irving, and jillian, and emma, and the rest-

and your best friend is bridget

(at least I think- tell me if I'm wrong)

but I don't know-

we've always drawn a line

between home and school

school and home

(home meaning the neighborhood)

(perhaps those are the same thing)

and, well, you know

someone else might be my best friend

but you're my friend forever

Congratulations, Stardust! I loved your poem, you did an amazing job! I'm excited to see what you'll come up with for the next round!

(And thank you to everyone who said nice things about my poem, it means a lot <33)

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