friend i am, friend you are.

i used to think i know who my friends are.

these recent days i thought i knew who my friends aren't.

today, however, i realise that friends are those you know you will keep in your heart, regardless of where they are, what they've done. it's because of the love you hold for them, the things you remember them doing for you and you for them that keeps that friendship alive.

people have to make choices sometimes, and sometimes those choices aren't you.

it can be a hard pill to swallow, but hey. that's what people are, because sometimes people let go.


but therein lies the beauty of friendship - a friend doesn't let you go. when one side lets go the other side hangs on. i realise, today, that you can't lose a friend. you can't lose a friend if you continue to think of them as one, if you continue to love, to accept that people are just that - human - and that emotions and/or situations can get in the way of friendships.

that's a friendship between two mature people. or at least, ONE mature person. it takes just one to keep it going.

that's not to say that the one hanging on is a sucker for punishment - no. nobody's a fool. not you, not me. it just means that friendships are deeper than just "two people who know each other". it's only when you know that fact that you realise you can be a friend.