sticks 'N' stones

Pat on my back, and a swig on my brew, you're still my friend, it's impossible to hate you.


I still wonder about people who use to be in my life.
What are they up too? Who do they see now?
do they wonder about me too, do they still care at all?
Are they going out to our favorite spots with other people
trying to create our memories over again with someone,
who they consider,
better?
I wonder about the people in my life now
and I hope to never have to think back to them
and can just look forward to seeing them soon.

I've had moments where people I use to love and care for,
would give the world for,
have walked by me acting like a stranger.
brief eye connection
mind racing for things to say
both of you look away unsure of what comes next
and the moment ends before it begins.

Why is it so hard to walk over and say hello?
ask someone how they are doing.
and actually want to know,
actually care.
I don't understand.

The fact is that whoever you've been friends with
you've have brief connections
little moments where you both understood each other perfectly
For whatever reason two you've lost those moments,
changed and moved on from those moments,
but they still happened, recognize that
show compassion for someone you used to know.


It's so hard to relate to the human race...