Old Friends

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Old Friends

I have been thinking about those who have come in and out of my life through out the years. Those whom have remained to become friends I must say I have been very blessed. Perhaps we may not see them for a while or even years. But some how they really touched your heart perhaps even through a small jester or kind word.  But for some reason I seem to remember when ever the first encounter came I recall their smile. We never want anything to happen to them and when they do we want to be there for them at lest I do. Money cannot buy you friends my father once told me but it can buy you acquaintances when the money runs out they do too. But your friends you are lucky you can count more than one on one hand. I always wondered if I was ever going to be lucky enough when I got older that I could have a true friend who would be their if I really needed them.  I wish he was still here on this earth to report to him that I believe I have more than I ever thought I would.  Just that I do not see them all the time but I do find time to talk to them weekly. I have a friend that we talked every day I really enjoyed talking to him even if we got in to drag out arguments demanding that one of us was right about the stupidest topic. Funny how you come a cross that road with someone that you think is going to be around for a long time. Then like a lighting bolt things just are not the same anymore and your too busy to even want to take the call anymore. Then when things come down a bit you realize you miss them but you don’t want to tell for fear their ego might go straight out to the moon. So you learn to slip away into a world of few words. I gather that although I may not see my friend nor talk the way we used to because of our busy lives being pulled in so many directions. I will always think of him through his smile when I really need a friend and that Old Friends at lest for me are still considered to be my dearest friends.

Sculpture of a Friend by a.siqueiros 2011