Not so Plain Jane ~ My Always Friend

Not so Plain Jane ~ My Always Friend

I have a friend, her name is Jane
so much like me, but not the same,
and though her name is kind of plain
she likes to show off all the same.

There’s nothing I can do or say
to make her say that me she hates,
she knows my mind yet never strays,
both strong and sweet, the very same
as I could be, if not ashamed.

When I am scared she always stays
to keep the ghosts and ghouls at bay;
she sings till night becomes the day
and sunlight melts my tears away.

When I am hurt she takes my pain
and makes of it a crying game
to see how loudly I can wail
before my mom just gets all pale
and sends me back outside to play.

I have a friend, her name is Jane
I take her out to play a game;
she’d be the perfect pal, I say
if once she’d throw the ball my way.

©2006 manga_kate

A kid’s poem, using a familiar iambic rhyming style for each line

** Image ID #1039194 Unavailable ** ** Image ID #1022420 Unavailable **