little girls    best friends

incessant chatter  

lightning from a distant storm lighting the night sky  

that bright

heads bent together   eyes aglitter  

laughing   confiding   

dissecting all that we know and don't   

i'm by your side  

and you're by mine   

whispering intimacy only we can hear  

all the silliness  

all that matters   all that shouldn't be said aloud 

sometimes i like the silence   i don't want to spoil it with words  

i want you to myself   in my thoughts   then i do  

i say too much   and discover we're not little girls   and you go away  

you won't go away   will you   birdie   if i hush