My Best Friend, Gabrielle

She trusts me,
though I'm not sure
what I did to earn it.
She believes in me,
even when everyone
else doubts me.
She loves me
in spite of all
the terrible things
I have done in my past.
I still don't know
if I even deserve
to call her my friend,
For she is everything
that I am not.
I know that she
is the reason that
I have changed so much
from the monster
I once was.
Many people say
that I am a brave warrior,
But I fear what may happen
to my soul should I ever lose her.

Mary E. Terrell
(c) January 10, 1998