Old friends
we were once young
naive and innocent.
now we're past middle aged,
past 40,
pushing 50 soon
like a tired old
bulldozer.
when was the last time,
we met?
did you say 15 years ago?
we've put on some weight
our hair is greying
our knees ache
i didn't know.
we shared our life stories
thrills and spills.
how we fell
and how we rose again.
but we always knew
we're still there
to have a laugh.
years apart
but yet
we were so
at ease
with each other.
its like as though
there were no years
in between.
you used to complete
my sentences
when I ran out
of words.
all these years later,
somehow we just knew
what each of us
would say,
even before we began
a sentence.
where are those years guys?
where have they gone to?
we were wild.
we were rebellious
we were angry
we didn't know why.
we thought
we were different.
but now we know
we were just stupid,
at least I was.
those are memories now
distant memories.
but because we remember,
we remain friends
dear to our hearts.
i forgot how
friendship used to be
so innocent.
we had nothing
we could use.
friendship was pure
with no monetary benefit.
networking was not invented
when you were in college.
So lets raise a glass
or two
as we talked
about our dreams
aspirations
failures
successes.
how our lives
diverged
and how we can still
pick up so easily
where we left off.
it made us laugh
it made us cry.
we lost all those years
drifting apart
lets not make
that same mistake
again.
Friends like Us
don't always come by
you realised that.
