If Only In My Mind

"What castle?" "The one in your head." All those years of loneliness Of my imagination filling blanks Gone in a blink She is here I have a friend Friend What a small word Yet a huge meaning to me My kind of person Wow My brain is questioning the whole situation No way did I find someone But I did And here you are Oh my god, I'm sitting here staring at you This is why I can't make friends "I pictured more of a fortress," you reply I laugh easily My first laugh in years Your eyes light up as you smile The warmth hits me differently now Less of a burn than a comfort I stand up and grab your hands Freezing cold hands To pull you to your feet We walk a while Talk the whole way there You seem a lot like me Maybe my anxiety will love company What I love most is the way you make me laugh I forgot how that felt After all I look in the distance In these dunes and mountains And see a flat trail forward Along that trail lies flowers Beside it flows a stream Dear girl from the mountain tower, I am no longer lonely. I understand you now. I hope we can be friends, whatever that means. The world is an unforgiving, harsh place. All it takes is someone to understand you. I get that now. Popularity? Out the window. But love lasts forever. Thank you for that.