Sometimes this friendship is brilliant. We laugh and reminisce and we forget all that troubles us. We go back such a long way that time has entangled us inextricably and made us so that we are practically kin. But sometimes it seems as though this is the one most exhausting and emotional thing I have to contend with in life and it wears at me. I know that you would be there for me in an instant - crashing through time and geography to be by my side but I also know just how much you rely on me, looking to me for reassurance and acceptance and unconditional support. With utmost trust. But this secret of yours that you charged me with is a double-edged sword, and while you move on with your life and forget a little bit of the secret every day, it just weighs heavier on my heart as time ticks slowly on. And you continue to take from me while you shower your accolades on less loyal ‘friends’. And one day you this simple secret that is never to be spoken of in front of you will be the undoing of this friendship.

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