For My Best Friend Poem by Annalee Somerville

You have been
the place my breath learned to rest,
the warm weight of now
when the world felt too much.

You came without asking,
stayed without leaving,
and taught me
that love does not need words
to be real.

In the long nights,
you lay beside my sorrow
as if it were nothing to fear.
In the ordinary days,
you made life feel
enough.

They may never understand
how deeply a heart can be held
by fur and breath
and steady presence.
But I do.

I always will.
If time were kinder,
I would ask for more of it.
If love could bargain,
I would give anything.

But love does not bargain...
it stays.
So I stay with you now,
the way you stayed with me.
Slow.
Faithful.
Here.

You are my best friend.
My beautiful boy.
And whatever comes next,
you will feel my love
around you
like a quiet sky.