Dividing the playground

Been thinking on the term “best friend”.
Why do we accept this idea…
Why do we feel the need to grade each other…
Who introduced the notion…
Why do we give it validity…
Who says there is only one that should be the closEST.
Where does it begin… childhood yes I know really… but where does it end…
Does it ever?

Grown women still dividing the playground.
What’s wrong with just being friends?

Good friends, great friends, friends who love, friends who have more and some who have less time to grow together – but friends.

Why isn’t that beautiful word enough on its own?