FRIENDS

My longtime friendships
Have sadly dwindled,
disappearing into the ether of memory,
almost as if I fooled myself
that they ever existed,
like characters in a book
who seem real with the turning of the pages
but only in my imagination.

Some friendships  have been severed
unwillingly, gone
into some Great Beyond,
nothing I can do about that.
Others have left me wondering
What have I done,
that they no longer need me in their lives?

Perhaps it was  simply Life happening,
tugging us in different directions,
separated permanently
by time or distance,
whether geographical or emotional.
Whatever the case may be,
I miss them.

Eileen Auger
4/21/2014