I was a younger man once
Bright and loved
Lively and a leader
Bound by the best of friends.
Then I grew up
Distracted by the fumes
Perfumes and car fumes
No time for friends.
Then I moved states away
Lost contact
Lost that young man
And his cadre.
I miss the joy
The conversation
The hours spent on nothing
In his basement.
I miss the music
The silly
The adventure of weekends
Conquering the world.
Now I have nothing
Children sure
A full house and an empty heart
Nothing to show for friendship forsaken.
I often wonder
About my funeral
A small showing for sure
Thankfully I won't be there to see it.
Keep your friends
Don’t grow up
Don’t leave the ones who love you
Don’t pursue the empty world.
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This week's prompt at Blockchain Poets is "Friendship".
I have to admit this is a hard one for me. As a teen, I placed "love" above friendship and in the end I lost both. Too many years distracted by someone who eventually stabbed me in the back to dedicate time to those who would support me through all things. I want to go back and tell that young man not to let anyone suck away his ability to build and maintain friendships.
As soon as your significant other becomes too jealous of your time to allow you to hang out with others, either resist their selfishness or let them go. And never let that person train you to think it's wrong to spend time invested in the company of others. All things in moderation for sure, but life is too short to live it alone. Obviously you should invest proper time in all relationships, but one to the expense of all others?
Perhaps I'm being too negative. There are people in my life who I could literally drop in on and we could talk about anything and everything. Perhaps I have friends but no one who checks in. No one who drops in on me. No one who lives my life with me. To me, that is friendship. People living life with you, through the bumps and the briars. People checking in on you to see how you really are beneath all the social media glaze. People legitimately caring about and loving you.
An occasional phone call, text, anything is appreciated.
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