About the Poem

This does not even come close to describing how I feel about my best friend, Courtney, but it's a start. We only met 9 months ago and already she has taught me so much about myself and how important it is to give love and respect to others as well as yourself. I hope I have been as good of a friend to her that she has been to me. We are apart for the summer and I miss her so much and I can't wait to be with her again

Until You, Without You

by Lindsey

Always feeling alone, until you
I didn't love myself, until you
I didn't care about life, until you
I never held a friend's hand, until you
I never told a friend that I loved her, until you
No one had ever held me for no reason, until you
No one had ever truly known me, until you

Lying in the darkness, without you
I don't know who I am, without you
I don't know what to do with myself, without you
How did I ever get by, without you
How did I ever find comfort, without you
Would I have ever seen my true self, without you
Would I have ever known true friendship, without you

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121 Visitor Comments

Rachelle

thank you. this is exactly how i feel toward my friend. EXACTLY

Beatrice

This poem vividly describes the way I felt about a certain friendship of mine. It's a really simple poem which carries alot of meaning in it (:

faith

i dont like it,I love it!

Savannah

i love this poem it reminds me of my 2 best friend until i met them i was nothing. good job keep up the good writing!

Rin

My best friend had to move thousands of miles from me and I havent seen her in a year. once I read this poem i could not stop crying because it made me think about her. I just have to say that I will always remember this and to keep holding on to your friends. you never know what could change in the course of a single minute.

ashley

I Loved it

Laura

i think that this is a really good poem because it shows you what you would be like without friends

rachel

this poem is really good i tottally can relate and it helps people get through life with friends like those and i love my best friend so much ide die without my friend really good job its people like you that inspire people to write!

Liyi

This poem really touched me deep down in my heart. i have this best friend called paul. althought he never held me for no reason. but he was always there for me. when i needed him Forever Best Pals Paul! LOVE YA!Smuacxies.

Annie

i liked it, kinda catchy nd real deep

Aim

wow. this poem blew me away. i have a friend just like this. who has helped me through so much, it was as if the author was taking the words out of my mouth. job well done Lindsey. couldnt have said it better myself.

Jessica

Awesome and beautifully written. Touched me right in the heart. Great, great, great.

Sarah

grea tpoem it reminds me of my best friend sophie.

Jessi

I like this poem I can relate to it

Sandra

GREAT POEM sraight from the heart. Keep up the wonderful job. This poem reminds me of my bestfriend, my husband.

Lauren

OMG. I met this guy who is an awesome friend of mine. I was sick for a couple years and never really got to see alot of what the world is now. When i met him he showed me everything. He helped me catch up with my life. Now that he is busy with his life i feel i am with out him. Thank you so much for this poem

nikki

my parents sent me across the country because thye thought by friend was a bad influence on me. and this poem sums up every feeling that i have toward my friend. the best peom is the kind that does that. that makes you feel like there's someone out there you feels like you do, even if the senarios are different. this is one of the best poems i have ever read. and i thank the author for feeling th esame way as i do. if not, i would have felt completely alone.

Tasha

This also works for long distance friendships. My best friend will love it and it totally works with our situation. This deserves a million stars! Thanks!

Carrie-Anne

Its a gd poem keep up the hard work im sure your friend will like it Xx!

Alejandra

I love this poem becouse I feel exactly the same about my best friend. For me its also been the first time someone has held me hand and that someone has just held me for no reason. And I dont know wat I would do without my best friend. And I really relate to this poem becouse its happening to me now. I really loved this poem, good job

i love this one it reminds me of my friend (a guy tho) who ive stood by thro thivk and thin. oh how i love him!

shayla

I THINK THIS POEM IS GREAT AND I TO HAVE A FRIEND SEPERATED LIKE THIS ONLY I SEE HIM IN THE SUMMER.

Tiffany

AWESOME! I used this poem for my best friends card. thanks alot! =D

Gina

THATS IS A BEAUTIFLU POEM VERRY BEAUTIFUL WOW KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK YO

Danielle

Lindsey: That poem is very beautiful. It explains totally how I feel about my best friend. Great Job!

crystal

this poem really touched me cause me and my friend recently got into a fight and we havent talked in like 4 or 5 days now and it is just killing me !

brittanie

great poem, its really good!

lacey

what a great poem it reminds me alotof myself

Megan

I really love this poem because i have held my best friends hand before and i've told her that i loved her and i really don't think there's anything wrong with that. We are just really close. I really do love your poem!

Mallory

When I read this poem, I thought it was exactly how I think about my best friend. I just don't know if it's the same way she feels about me. We have been best friends for two years and I still don't know if she feels the same way. I don't know how to tell her. But this poem is one of the best poems I've ever read.

adriana

this poem really touched me right in the heart. where did you get the idea of this poem?

samantha

This poem is great and there's a really exciting story behind it. It has a lot of meaning to it and it could help a person get threw the hard times.

amber

hey that was really kool what you wrote i have a friend that it just like your yours i did not like my self untill i met this girl named crystal she is the only one i can tell everthing to and she wont tell any one we are really close and i hate when summer comes to cause we dont get to see each other either for a long time your poem really made me fell good cause i thought i was the only one who felt that way! Love, Amber

kellie

that was really good i really liked it. ************

Amber

awesome poem keep writing

nellie

i loved it! after reading your poem i can't help thinking that everyone must feel the same way about their besties. i just hope mine knows how much he means to me

sammy

i loved that poem, its so good!

Kendall

HEY THANKS A MILL. I USED THIS POEM TO TELL MY FRINED MIKE HOW I FELT FOR HIM THIS IS PERFECT, HE LEFT FOR COLLEGE NOT TO LONG AGO AND I WAS LOOKING FOR SOMETHING TO TELL HIM HOW I FELT AND I COULNDT WRITE ANYTHING SO I TOLD HIM I FOUND THIS GREAT POEM FOR HIM TO READ. IT BROUGT HIM TO TEARS SO THANKS A LOT U HAVE A TON OF TALLENT KEEP IT UP!

amanda

AS I READ THIS POEM MY BESTFRIEND POPPED IN TO MY HEAD. IT DISCRIBES EVERYTHING ABOUT OUR FRIENDSHIP.

Jewlie

thank you. I met my best friend, and i cant believe that i thought life was life. before i met her

Nirmal

This one is the best so far in this web site.

sharese

that poem was really nice.

Julia

This is a great peom!it really did bring a tear to my eye!My best friend is away for the whole summer too so i kno how it feels when your best friend is no there and you miss them very much. but it so much alike of what i feel. it really is a beauitfull peom!

angelica

this poem is very nice it touched my heart

Joslyn

I am touched by this poem because i have a very close friend to me and this peom reminded me of how much she means to me! thank you for opening my eyes to whom ever wrote this peom!

Andrea

This poem touched me very deeply. I just finished my first year of college and during that year, I met the greatest friends I could ever ask for. This poem fits perfectly with the relationship I have with my roommate. She became more than just a friend. She is the only one that truly knows me. I won't be returning to the same school next year and it hurts me greatly to not be able to be with her and all of my other friends. I really appreciate this poem because it says exactly what I want to say to them.

sneha

my best friend is miles away from me & i am feeling just the same for her . i am extremely bad at poetry and so could not express it well enough. i want to thank u a million times for writing this poetry.

maria

this poem really thoughed me because it almost how i feel with my best friend how i love so much.

Regina

i thought the poem was really good because i'm about to move away from my bestfriend

suanny

this is a great poem i can really understand how you fel i have a friend that i can't live without either

samrawit

that is so true, i was so instilled, that i only broke out, when i met ding-dong

Laury

this made me sad. it reminds me of a friend that i had that i lost because she got scared of our friendship. she wasn't used to having a friend that truly cared about her.

Kamiko

I think this is a good poem to let out your feelings. I believe things happen like this and it hurts people when it does happen. Good job. :-) Kamiko (Ka-mee-k-oe)

ashley

THat was a really good poem. it sounds like you cant live without her. lol i have had friends like that

pradeepa

Hi Lindsey, Ur poems r awesome. Thank U very much.

Andrew

that is a very good poem for a friend who doesn't know how to say. i love you

Chris

This is a wonderful poem, it makes me think of one of my close friends, and how she makes me feel about myself and others and I also feel the same way about her when we are apart. Thank you for writting this poem and sharing it with the world.

Amanda

it is so true for some people ! really a way of expressing how you feel . awesome flow!

Nina

Your poem was so touching, it fit right in with my friendship to my friend Angel who moved away and now i'm lonely. keep up the good work

ashleigh

i absolutely love this poem, it describes how i feel about many of my friends thank u

amanda

i love ur poem it is great it so reminds me of my best friend i love her to death and it is so true i don't know if i would have ever known who i truly was without her

Jessica

i really like this poem it remindes me of my friends

bubble wrap

hey again! i just found out that i'm moving away from my best friend! now this poem really means something 2 me! when i heared the news i just read this poem over and over again, and i was crying my eyes out. thanks. you're an awesome writer.

bubble wrap

hey, nice poem! that a kid! go you! yea, i didn't like myself at all until my best friend moved in. she would just randomely hug me 4 no reason 2, and she always said "love ya 2 death!" and it made me feel like maybe i'm not just a piece of crap. so i love her 2 death, and it sucks when she's not around! keep writing, i love this poem! it's soo mad-wicked!

unknown

this poem was and always will be the best that i have EVER read. dont ever give up. poems like this will take you far in life. believe in yourself!

Jackie

I absolutely love your poem. It's awesome!

Alancha

This was totally awesome. It touched my heart, I loved it.

arata

i love ur poem its very nice

megan

hey. i love ur poem. really. u can really write out my feelings. maybe u shld post more poems =)! ur really good. thanks. this poem really made me feel sooo understood.

mac

It's great reminds me of me and my friend

Blake

that was awesome. i met a girl like that. She lives in another state and when I think about what we had its feels just like that.

Sarah

WOW, this poem really hit home for me, because I found it while looking for a poem to send to my best friend Courtney, while she is gone over the summer. I just found her this school year, and I feel inside just the way it is described in the poem.

Breanna

This poem is by far the best ive read in a long time. Ive been tryin sooo hard to tell my best friend Ally how i feel about her and how much she means to me and this poem was it!

Jennifer

it remember my best boyfriend that i ever had !

kirsty

hoya i wrote a poem like this with the same title and everything. You have a great talent dont ever lose it. its fantastic your poem

Meagan

I agree with everybody. This poem is EXCELLENT. I sent it to my friend. It really touched my heart. It's poems like this that help friends to get back together again. ThAnKs LiNdSeY!

Kelsey

i love it, it says how i feel about my friend it touched me.

angela

i really loved this one. i know how you feel. i can really know and connect with this poem. it's really sweet. good job.

Josh

this poem exelently describes a relationship i am in now thank you very much

Janet

I really liked this poem.

Tasha

WOW, that poem just meant so much and symbolized what I am going through right now.

Courtney

It was really great! It made me think about my two best friends and it fits them so well. Your a wonderful writer. Keep it up girl!

Sol

I love this poem, it describes exactly how I feel about my best friend. He is such a sweetie and without him I would be dead. a definate 10 out of 10!

maura

I LOVE THIS POEM IT HAS TOUCHED ME IN MORE THEN ONE WAY. I GAVE THIS POEM TO MY FRIEND AND SHE LOVED IT IT TELLS THE POEPLE WHO I LOVE HE MOST WHAT I HAVE BEEN WANTING TO TELL THEM FOR AHWILE. SO THANK YOU FOR SHARING THIS LOVELY POEM.

Kate

Its totally different then the other poems on this site which makes it all the more better. I love it.

Gabby

OMG! this poem is soo amazing, it remided me of my best friend who moved away and it made me cry! i have never been able to make such a close connection to a poem until this one. thank you lindsey, you have touches my life forever!

sonia

This is a great piece of poetry. This writer is very talented. I love it!

RoByn

i thought that. was a very awesome poem! and it truly made me realize that friendship counts alot. and i don't know what i would do without it! soo keep it up gurl!

CaRLeNe

I LOve it! (",)

Britt

That poem was so great,I just totally busted in tears when I read this poem. It really reminded me how important me and my best friend's friendship really is.

julie

wow. this really got to me. i almost cried because it makes me think of someone who made me think and feel all those things at one time. i really miss her now, but i'm glad for what i got to see and experience with her. I can't believe that anyone could possibly put into words what u have. Excellent poem!

Becky

this poem is perfect. i sent it to a friend who i was really close to, who has ended our friendship for no reason and didn't really tell me. i hoped that by her reading this, it would help her realize how much i miss her.

Lisa

So many people can relate to this poem. including me. The only thing I'm scared of is what happens if that friendship ends because she doesnt think of you as her best friend?. Great poem.

Jess

Lindsey, I know how you feel. I am really close to my best friend we are like sister's. We have had our ups and downs and our "Big fight" this year but I think it just brought us closer together as friends. Today was my last day of school I am a sophmore(supposed to be a junior but I dropped out my freshmen year)and this is my last year going to school because I am leaving again to get my G. E. D because I don't have enough credits to Graduate. And it is really hard saying good-bye to a best friend/sister. I already miss her a lot. My 2nd Freshmen year we started writing letters to each other everyday and I saved everyone of them and yesterday was the last letter we wrote to each other. And I know she is with me where ever i go but I still miss her a lot more then I thought I would. Your poem was great. I loved it. Thanks!

chia

this poems tells me how i should treasure friendships. it also describes how i feel after she had left.

Funny

This poem makes me feel very great. i love it. and it brings me a lot of memories. it helps me. and it makes me know what to do with my friends, and without my friends. thank you for you lovely poem Lindsey!

betti

Oh My God! I started to cry when i read this poem!

JiaWe

Simply and touched.

misty

I read this poem with my best friend and I told her that that describes me towards her. I really liked this poem and it was out standing!

Franny

This is one of the most beautiful poems that i have ever read. It is exactly how i feel about my best friend. Thank you.

Megan

This was a very beautiful poem. This author has some very wonderful talent and i hope she continues to take advantage of it. It is the same situation me and my bestfriend are going through because of some hella bad things we got in trouble for illegally. *uh-oh*. but it helps reading this cuz it feels like i have someone to relate to! *thnx*

Corr

I love it. I can relate to this poem.

Jessica

This poem helped me realize how much my friends mean to me. And without them, where would I be? Alone, Lost, and Lonely are a few words that come to mind!

Cielo

I loved it!

Bear

This poem touched me because i can directly relate it to my best friend. She has helped me in so many ways i wonder how i lived without her before i met her. She has made me feel things i never thought i ever could, i never knew friendship could be this wonderful. Carla you are a friend for life.

Meredith

This poem is perfect. It describes the feelings that I have for my friend Michael who is the love of my life. This poem tells you what real friendship is about.

leo

I need tissue papers when I read this..SO TOUCHING!

Angie

It's the most beutiful poem I've read in a long time now, and I read a lot of poems. I also write some myself, so I know what I'm talking about. Very touching and beautiful.

stephani

i understand this poem completely. my friend jessica was closer to me than my sister was/is. i used to live like 25 minutes away from, until i had to move.now i live 3 hours away, and i can't visit her. the days seem so long when i can't just call her up and say "hey what's up?" it's really hard being without her, because i used to go to her for advice and stuff, and now i can't. but, i guess it's for a reason.maybe a blessing in disguise or whatever. i just loved your poem though, and i wanted to tell you that you're not the only person who misses or has missed her best friend

Ryan

best poem i ever read 10

Adrienne

This is a great poem that can really capture how friends close two friends can be!

teal

I myself was having a hard time with my best friend, after I read this poem it made me think a lot. This is exactly how I feel. I loved my friend so much and I don't know how to live without her. Thanks lindsey for the great poem

Lauren

This poem is soooo incredibly touching. It perfectly relates to the friendship between my best friend and I. I absolutely love it! And I'll be sure to give her a copy!

CRYSTAL

THAT IS THE MOST TOUCHING POEM I HAVE EVER HEARD

melissa

SIMPLY BEAUTIFUL!

Debs

Truly a beautiful poem. From the heart, and these are the most sincere, and emotional ones. Thanks. I have sent it to my friend whom I treasure as much as you treasure the friend you wrote it for.

Raquel

this isa very powerfull and loving poem! i liked it a lot ! bye

Desiree

Very sweet, it brought tears to my eyes I'm going to share this with my best friend and the rest of my close friends it is very touching and I hope that it came from the heart and that is a work of art. LOVE IT

Liz

I really liked this poem because that is exactly how I feel about one of my best friends. She helped me learn more about myself and because of her I am who I am today.

nancy

i like this poem i would dedecaite this poem to my bestfriend or a person who past away.

Amy

This poem lets me realize just how great it is to have a friend that changes your life around

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