Your Anonymous Friend

Filled with discouragement because the mirror could see
Everything about her, that she didn't want to be.
Nothing was really wrong with the image she depicted
But the problems in her life made her feel constricted.

She started to walk on the edge of breaking down.
Thought she had control, but control's not what she found.
Now the issues were much larger than they were before
And she questioned what it was, she'd been aiming for.

Whatever she had wanted, it was missed by a mile
She could only live so long in all the self-denial.
The evidence was growing with each inch that she lost
It wasn't long before she saw, it wasn't worth the cost.

I was terrified when she confided all she had been through
But happy that she trusted me to hear about it too.
I'd felt so similar, tried out the same means of peace
But my battle ended, while hers had just increased.

She said she's doing better, and I know she'll be fine.
It just scared me to think, I could lose a friend of mine.
So if I could say to her, what was going through my head,
It'd be, "Don't ever change. Keep looking ahead."

I know she doesn't believe me, but I say it all the same
She's an inspiration to me, this girl I leave unnamed.
She's reached goals that still linger in my dreams
And has a beautiful future ahead of her so it seems.

Friends and family treasure her, as if precious gold
And she needs to hear it, so let the truth be told.
She's not just my closest friend, we're like sisters in my heart
And so I'll fight for her so that we never have to part.

I hope she knows I love her, in that friend/sister way.
So she'd have to kill me, before I ever went away.
We're in this together, all the way to the end.
Just know I'm hear for you, Love, Your Anonymous Friend