Friendship is a Chocolate Bar - a poem by Jake Borrett

Friendship is a chocolate bar.

It is there for you at the end of a difficult day when you need a shot of hope.

It warms you up, and surrounds you with its wrapper, holding onto your hand.

It is filled with surprises and secrets which get stuck in between your teeth.

Sometimes though, it melts and crumbles away,

Leaving behind an empty hole in your stomach, inside your heart,

And smudges your fingers to remind you of better times.

But whether it is as colourful as a packet of rainbowed Smarties;

Fiery as the red scored along a Kit Kat bar;

Or as smooth as a silky Galaxy,

One thing remains the same.

We all want one.

We all need one.

Friendship is a chocolate bar.