Bronze Medal

'Good God You've had an interesting life'
said one of my newer friends as she saw old pictures and videos.
'You seem happy'. 'You really do'.

And I was. Amidst the chaos and confusion that one experiences in their teenage
I was happy. I had my drama and I had my tragedies and yet I found that I could get through it all.
Because I had my people.

It started with 3 or 4 of them. We were tight.
We felt the world was ours to pillage.
We were untouchable.
The little band grew. We were more in number and yet connected.

I met some girls... a couple of them paved their way into my life
engraved their names in my heart for ever.

Then I met the love of my life.
I met her friends, we got along.

I left for a bit..met new people...I made more friends...the circle grew.
I came back and found I lost a few... lost a few and they were gone.
Tried to save it, I tried so hard...but they stayed gone.

I left again for a bit.
I met new people yet again.
They grew on me...one by one.
I never felt I'd feel so strongly for a bunch that way again.

Then I came back and realized things had changed..
Like they always do...
I was betrayed by a special few...
I felt abandoned
I felt neglected.
Things had changed.
The cocoon was broken.
No butterfly did fly out.

There was a time that we swore to be there
We tried our best to fix each others broken hearts
We loaned each other money to buy a sandwich
We sang and laughed and fought and cried
We sat in silence without feeling awkward
We slept , resting our heads on each others shoulders
We motivated
We poked fun
We raced
We cheered
We would never be done
Our endless conversation
Our lovely interaction
Our mobility, our rhythm
Our style, the magnificent groove
Our finishing each others sentences
Our playing pranks, our pointless worries
Our sharing of dreams
Our candid pictures and even the one's where we posed.
Our lovely childhood, Our untainted relationships
Our midnight b'day cake visits
Our pooling in for the presents
Our road trips
Our lazy afternoons

Our Stay overs

Our Adventures

Our Stories

Our Rides

Our Music

Our History
Our drinking
Our passions
Our compassion
Our complaints

Our growth.

I still hold onto memories
Those glorious days...
When the band and I were invincible

We challenged life...

Life hit back...

We didn't have a chance.