A Letter to My Soulmates

So, 

Forever friends don’t usually find me 

because people have left me too many times and I, 

Well, I’ve never trusted easy

I had a feeling y’all were gonna tip toe to fuck up my life, but

In the way that peanut butter goes well with oreos 

Something so unexpectedly good, that became amazing 

Late night car rides releasing rhythmic raps and straight vibes through

the winds of car windows 

If I knew back then 

I was wasting my time on friends who wielded their weapons consistently

to tear each other down, instead of lifting each other up

I would’ve fast forwarded to that night:

Four first years, all different origins

Majors varied like fraternal twins 

A room filled with colloquial conversation

Brought us together like honeycombs

Binded and unable to be separated on their own

If I go more than four days without talking to you all, I am a deer in headlights 

Craving the emotional connection that only you guys can provide 

We laugh and we sure as hell cry 

We get trashed until we can’t see moonlight, 

Tell stories like its bedtime 

I wish I could tell you all, I can’t explain it 

But you make me feel like that very first bike ride 

No wheels kind of pride. 

I imagine you beside me, in bridesmaid dresses

Chasing after my children, giggling 

Birthday parties, all the mega milestones

My honeys from my home away from home 

After all, they say your college friends

Are the ones here 

for a lifetime

About the Author

Daijah Patton is currently a junior English major/concentration in Creative Writing with a minor in Secondary Education at Arcadia University! She has always loved writing slam poetry and sharing her story with anyone who will listen. She spends a lot of her time indulging in cooking/baking, reading fiction and poetry, and trying to tell people what they should watch on Netflix :)