Forever Can Be Short
The fluorescent white lights poured over the filthy walls and glared off the hideous, pale gray speckled tile. School was tedious and it had a tight grip with few retreats . I only had one retreat, Ruby. The glare of the lights on the glass rounded face of the clock was hypnotizing, it was as if my eyes had been glued to the hands of the clock, I anticipated movement. Ruby jokingly pushed me and giggled, the look in her eyes said, “play with me, friend.”
I knew that she was my savior, not only from school but as time progressed I saw that she was my savior from all the situations that showed much interest and promise from removing my sense of adolescence and my childhood. For many years she was the only thing between me and insanity, in my mind I figured I needed no other friends. I would later accept her into my family and learn from her how to trust and open myself to someone I genuinely cared about.
Now, reaching the end of our adolescence, me and her no longer share the same ideals, something that had not stopped us before but has now stopped our friendship short. The day she would never speak to me again would be the day I learned, the colorful greeting cards, the disgustingly flavored candies with the corny sayings, the charms, and the thousands of songs and movies were wrong. Everyone has something to teach you, once you have no more to learn from each other, you will both go in your own separate direction. May it be expected or non-expected, subtle or forth-right., friends go their own ways, friends are not forever but they will always teach you something that will better you as a person.
“True friendship is like sound health, the value of it is seldom known until it is lost." Perhaps this is true but I have learned to take a step back and to appreciate my friends for what they do and how they treat me. Friends are family members that lack blood relation but without hesitation will stand beside you when no one is willing to....
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