The opening stanza was very strong and grabs the reader and almost forces them to read more, the words are very true as well. Most of us hide our true emotions around the people we know/love and then we let it all out when were alone. You're lucky to have a close friend who cares for you, most people don't. Excellent job 5/5 again GG23. P.S. A little advice with your poetry to help the flow would be to not use "and" so much at the beginning of lines. Just by removing a few of those you'll make the flow a lot better for the reader. Great job though :)