Chapter 9

My Best Friend

The visit I had, let me tell you

Was not ordinary

I changed a beast into a gentle man

Literally!

By removing the curse

Quite a nasty one if you insist on knowing!

By first glance,

The word beast was nothing

For what this thing was

Little did I know

He has such a warm heart

That was covered by guilt and shame

After a few rough encounters

Finally, he smiled at me

I had to do a double take to make sure!

With each passing day,

My days became a blooming flower,

After being suppressed by his guilt for years,

When he laughed,
He laughed for 20 minutes straight

Don’t worry, I timed it to make sure.

Little did I know,

He was waiting for me to say the magical words,

“You are my best friend”

How foolish was I

I knew I was his best friend

I scolded myself as to why I did not say it earlier!

When he transformed

Into a boy with scruffy hair,

With sea-like eyes,

He was like the brother I never had

Beads rolling down our faces like a stream,

He felt like he could live his live again

But then the thought that always came to him came

Like a clock that it stuck on one time

The beads came more frequently

Like a rainfall,

He cried in my lap,

And knew the grave mistake he made years back

He knows now to move forward

But if he forgets, as he tends to,

His best friend always has his back!