the girl scouts

we met wearing brown
wore our badges with pride
next we wore green
sold cookies on saturdays
she had a white canopy bed
we spent many nights
dreaming together
she was the cheerleader
i was the soccer player
she dated the most popular boys
i dated the boys whom
she turned away
she awoke at 6am
spent two hours in the bathroom
styling her hair
until it was perfect
applying the makeup
as if she were about to walk the runway
i brushed my teeth
my hair
ready in ten minutes
i cried many tears when
my family moved 350 miles away
my senior year
i could not imagine a life
without her
today we are still
the best of friends
you could say BFF
like the yearbook
she is loving
warm
unselfish
bold
this weekend, my friend
of twenty-nine years
she will come to me
and travel many miles
she will drop everything
to comfort me