[Arachnocampa]

To The Arts,

How long have we known each other now? Since I was itty bitty. You first took shape as a giant sting ray on the landing of the stairs to my first house's basement. Or was it my first? Did you disguise yourself as a crayola lone, back then? Alas, it's been so long. Not even my surprisingly long memory of life back up in Canada can reach that far back. I do remember the landing, though.

Anyhow, thanks for being there for me. You've helped me through some of the darkest days. You were always there for me to vent to when I was enraged, even if I couldn't get the words, or rather pictures, to come out right. Even in my melancholy, when I was crying you caught so many of my tears.

You came in many different forms, and still do. Sometimes, you and I dance together, even if I fail miserably at it. You even sing to me and play me songs. You tell me stories and you help me write them. I think the best time we had together was when I attended the Governor's School for the Arts. Remember how depressed I was after I had to leave? I cried for days! But now I look back on those beautiful beautiful days with a smile. Sure, I wish I could relive those magical three weeks forever, but that's never going to happen.

I can, however, take the wonderful experience I had and turn it into something even better, like I already am. Can you believe the improvements I've made? And of course, the wonderful friends I made there are still with me. It's like that song that everyone went crazy over (even though I had heard the band before most people had at that time. ; D)

You know which one I'm talking about. I'm probably one of the only few who can make legit symbolic connections to it.

Anyhow, I better cut this short.

You've been the best friend I could ever ask for. Thanks for being so amazing, and don't ever leave me. :]

~*Amber