Irritatingly Perfect Poem by sania harris

Let me tell you from the beginning
How much you mean to me
Just seeing you in the morning
Magically brings a smile across my face

I don’t want to lie and say
That you bring the rainbow after the rain
You don’t always know the right thing to say
But you do always make me feel great

It just comes along with friendship
Anger, resentment and love
You hold my biggest pet peeves
You act like a little child

You really don’t know how to sing
On the other hand neither do I.
Maybe that’s what brought us so close
Or maybe it’s the way you listen when I talk.

It surprises me when you listen
(Though you have a blank expression)
For hours my exciting stories
About how my turtle ate a fish.

You act like a know-it-all
You want to be the UN secretary
You eat up all my Doritoes
The moment I open the packet!

Then what makes you my best friend?
I have wondered so many times!
Maybe it’s the way you are
You are irritatingly perfect.

You complete my mission called ‘life’.
Helping me survive the crazy twists and turns.

Looking back I take back what I said…
Maybe you do bring the rainbow after the rain.



(Written for my Best Friend Nahida... The irritating idiot who I just love a lot!)


April 5,2011