I’ve never kissed a friend and had the friendship last

Me and my go to girl

get ready for nights out

binge three am drunken takeout

laugh through late nights in the library.

Pop champagne when we celebrate

share ice cream to soothe heartache

call each other with details of first dates

sleepover enough

we’re practically roommates.

Me and my other half

are joined at the hip

finish each other’s sentences

see eye to eye on everything.

I call her soulmate

knowing she is the future

godmother of my children

nursing home bingo partner

maid of honor at my wedding.

My match made in heaven

I love her to death

I’ll love her until death

do us part.

I promise her forever

foolishly forgetting 

how precipitously

I’ve stamped the word

on friendship.

My best-best-best friend

is so close to me

I can almost taste her

I probably would date her

If she asked

but like every other

soulmate

twin flame

and other half

has taught me 

you can never kiss a friend

and have the friendship last.