Forever Friend

I have two awesome friends. Actually one awesome friend who got himself an awesome girlfriend, perhaps even more awesome then him (?). He is like my forever friend, I know he will never harm me and I trust him implicitly. And I think the reverse also stands, he knows I will never harm him and that I will never ever deceive him. He is like a second brother, and no he's not gay. It's funny the things (or people) life throws at us and we get so used to it we never really give it a second thought. It also helps that my forever friend is also a professional musician like me, we go way back for something like 15 years. We have given concerts, opera, symphony... anything and everything. He has been there through the baddest (wrong superlative purposely) moments of my life. I always talk about the people going out of my life when in dire straits. This is one person who fell straight in, who actually rang my door bell when he knew I would be opening the door to pain. He didn't mind my crying game. We have been through so much child-like mischief that we have plenty to tales to make you cry with laughter. And it precisely when a friendship has been through all the ups and downs that we acquire a friendship as strong as siblinghood. And as luck would have it, he has been thrown bang into the same college I teach in. Splendid. Not just because of the friendship, but also because he is a brilliant musician with whom I have performed so many times that I can create anything with him, with my eyes closed, my ears closed even. I really think it's fate. My forever friend and I working together. I couldn't have asked for a better deal. And for this, I have to thank the Gods.