Unusual Friend

The one I was never looking for

But wanted so desperately

The one who spoke to me

Without words

Without trials or bobbled tongue

The one who smelled of sweet marmalade

And told stories of dragonfly herds

The one who taught me

Flying was invented by plastic turtles

The one who showed me who I was

By holding up a closed bud of a flower

And said

You are everything you believe you can be

All those things you believe possible

Because of my unusual friend

I believe in the impossible

And I am happy

Very happy to be me