An ode to Steve

I miss my friend, I didn't think about it too much until I saw a picture of him on the plane. It suddenly hit me, I couldn't text him and have a pint after work. I couldn't run around to his and complain to him at the drop of the hat. It hit me that my friend had actually left. 

I know I'm a johnny come later to his friendship. I actually only know him 5 years but he's a good 'un... 
Growing up I didn't have male Friends I didn't grow up in the same place, moved quite a lot and went to an all girls schools, so it was only when I was older  that I started to have male Friends. I did stupidly fall in the "Harry met Sally" with some male Friends and lost their friendship when i broke up with them. But me and Steve's friendship was different. 

To start he's my mates Ex, I originally met Steve when He was dating my friend. When she left to study abroad we came together in mutual loneliness, spent many a evening eating steak and Watching classic rom-coms like "let the right one in". He went from being Aoifes boyfriend to my friend and it was amazing. I finally had that logical male perspective on all my craziness. He cheered me up like only a male friend can, by not indulging my weepy I miss him rants but instead pointing out the likeness of my ex to a animation rat... I went from tearing up to giggling when I thought of my ex. We had special sayings that would crack us up, spent nights in our local arguing crazy things like what was on the sponge they gave Jesus on the cross.. Yeah that ridiculous 

and as the counting crows say 
Don't it always seem to go

That you don't know what you've got til its gone

They paved paradise 

And put up a parking lot 

So go learn to be animated, you are an amazing artist, I would buy all your work If I had a bigger house to put it all, thank you for all the support and advice you've given me over the years. Your a great guy and because of that I could recognise another great guy when he came and swept me off my feet. So Steve I'll miss you  and I'm here should you need anything call and I'm there...