Friendship

Here’s my shoulder.
There, there…lay your head upon it.
Cry if you need to cry.
Don’t believe others who might tell you
that I am cotton-candy-fragile.
I can absorb your tears.

Though I love you dearly,
I must admit, I’m not entirely altruistic,
for when you admit your fears,
I recognize my own.
Let us be weak together,

let us be strong.
Let us just be

Together.

(c) Juliana Taliaferro