everyone has a best friend. Without one, we are lost. But what happens when your best friend forgets to be your best friend? I love him, i really do. I've known him since the day i was born. we grew up next door to eachother...until he moved away. we talk on the phone every night... and we go out to lunch every week. But lately it seems he doesnt care. he only partakes in the conversation when it relates to him. he interrupts me in the middle of a sentence to talk about himself. i dont talk bout myself a lot, but occassionaly i do, and on those occassions, i want him to listen. is that unreasonable? when im struggling, i need his opinion, his advice, and he doesnt share that with me anymore. he seems to be so wrapped up in himself that i just dont even matter anymore. and it hurts me because i just cant function without a best friend. and yes, ive tried to tell him all this, but he doesnt listen. its like he zones out when talk. he's jsut waiting for his turn to speak.


He hears what he wants to hear
and misses the words in between
He only sees what he wants to see
and I never seem to be seen
He tells me what he thinks I want to hear
he doesn’t believe his own voice
He acts as if I force him to care
as if he doesn’t have a choice
He doesn’t seem to even notice my words
if they don’t concern his love for himself
Anything else I have to say
Gets tucked away on the back of a shelf
It’s slightly upsetting and almost absurd
that he is my very best friend
I almost don’t trust him to care about me
because its all about him in the end
Maybe I’m selfish or falsely concerned
about his lack of compassion
Maybe he just doesn’t realize
that sometimes I need his attention
I listen to him carefully and try to understand
as I wait patiently for my turn
All I ask is that he does the same
and listen to me in return
There’s more than one person in any friendship
which he doesn’t seem to see
Its always about his problems, his life
but it can never be about me