They Both Had a Different Thing

I found this poem while cleaning out some student work I saved from last school year. All mistakes are the poet’s own.

“Friends”
S.M. (2006)

She was intelligiant,
He was mentally challanged,
They both had a different thing,
In the end the became the best of friends.

Heart-wrenching, isn’t it? I appreciate the poet’s no nonsense approach: just get to the sentimental part and skip any sense of detail or plot development. In spite of their “different thing,” they persevered, assuming there were obstacles in the first place. I should probably pass this masterpiece off to Best Buddies.