It started with A Series of Unfortunate Events
You were new that year and
when I saw the Lemony Snicket sticker on your bag
I knew we would be friends.
From ages 12-26 we were inseparable.
We survived you moving what felt like forever away
We survived having to rely on email for communication for five years straight
We survived first loves and first heartbreaks
We survived your coming out - both times
We survived the suicide attempts
The broken engagements
The mental health diagnoses
The miscarriages
The wedding that shouldn’t have happened
We survived everything…until George Floyd.
