So Different, But Yet So The Same

So different
But yet so the same
That's was our motto
We lived by it
We believed in it
Childhood years
Of running to your house
And I always knew
You'd be there to answer the door
When the phone rang
I always knew
It was you
People said
We weren't made for each other
When I wanted to play a video game
You would want to play with dolls
We respected each other
And our differences
People said
Our friendship was a thing
That would not last
When I dressed in baggy overalls
You would dress in a one-piece dress
I went for a baseball cap
You went for a hair ribbon
When we entered school
I would play football with the boys
You would play hopscotch with the girls
Of course
We had our differences
Maybe more than
Regular friends
But that's what made us
So close
When we entered
Middle school
You would go on
About boys
And I would go on
About the latest sports highlights
At lunch
You and your other friends
Would talk the whole time
Sometimes
I skipped lunch altogether
And went outside to shoot hopes
But we still stayed close
And strong
You would listen to my problems
And give advice
Even if it
Didn't apply to me
I would listen to your problems
And give advice
Even if it
Didn't apply to you
Looks mattered to you
I couldn't care less
We entered High School
And something happened
You became depressed
So did your friends
About things
That made no sense to me
You hung around people
Who made the wrong choices
You hung around them
Just to fit in
When drugs and smoking
Became involved
I tried to talk to you
But for once
You didn't listen
You would go off to parties
My phone never rang
And if it did
It wasn't you
I remember one day
Late at night
My phone rang
I answered it
It was your mom
You were in the hospital
You hit a car head on
On the way home
From a party
Were you'd been drinking
They said you were in a coma
They said you would probably
Never come out of it
I waited at your side
Calling your name
But you never answered
The doctors told me
Before you went into a coma
That your last words were
'So different
But yet so the same,
Tell my best friend
She will be forever
In my heart.'
I wept over these words
And I sat by your bed and said
'So different
But yet so the same
I respect you
And you respect me
And we will be forever friends.'
I knew in my heart
That you heard me
Although I never said goodbye
To your face
I know you heard me
Although we were so different
We are
Forever friends


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