Colon Apostrophe Closing-bracket
the group chats and the group spats
the meet-ups and the chill-outs
the parties and the sleeping over
stick and poke tattoos and eyebrow slits
this is what makes us friends
this is what makes us feel
and to me they are more than my friends
more than life-long companions
more than split-your-lips-smiling memories, on crappy, shabby days
more than melt-downs followed by laughs and easy proclamations of love
no psychologist can tell me ‘they aren’t your family’
no peers can tell me ‘they aren’t your family’
no laws and no DNA can tell me, ‘they aren’t your family’
no teachers, no authorities, no blood-relatives, can tell me, that ‘they are not your family’
because they are my family
my friends are my family
and i love my family
and i’m allowed to use that word
because it’s not a taboo
and i know it’s special
but this just shows you
my friends are my family.