Best Friends

Sturbridge Village, Massachusetts, October 1994Marry your best friend.I do not say that lightly.Really, truly find the strongest,Happiest friendshipIn the person you fall in love with.Someone who speaks highly of you.Someone you can laugh with.The kind of laughs that makeYour belly ache, and your nose snort.The embarrassing, earnest, healing kind of laughs.Wit is important.Life is too short not to love someoneWho lets you be a fool with them.Make sure they are somebodyWho lets you cry, too.Despair will come.Find someone that you wantTo be there with youThrough those times.Most importantly,Marry the one that makes passion,Love, and madness combineAnd course through you.A love that will never dilute -Even when the waters get deep, and dark.~Anonymous