“A friendship can weather most things and thrive in thin soil; but it needs a little mulch of letters and phone calls and small, silly presents every so often – just to save it from drying out completely.” ~Pam Brown
Out of Touch
I’ve always made an effort to
Keep in touch with my friends
But recently I did something
Which caused a massive cleanse
I do not have a message in
This poem that you’re reading
Rather just some facts I will
Describe and will be feeding
It’s up to you to decide on
The point of this here write
Now without further adieu
Let’s shed a little light
For all my life I had been one
To call, to write, to pop
But two years past I decided
For the most part, to stop
No longer would I hound people
To hang out and connect
I would do the bare minimum
And observe the effect
What I found was two years passed
And I no longer saw
Friends I’d had since the first grade
All of them did withdraw
I had plenty of friends within
The movie industry
For three years I helped run a fest
And put names on marquee
But when the festival was done
And I did not reach out
Most of them did not touch base
Contact, interact, shout
Just a few did drop a line
But more favors were asked
Politely I declined to be
Of one more favor tasked
My personal page on Facebook
Had grown three thousand strong
I posted, liked and chatted with
So many to prolong
The sense of being connected
But when my efforts stopped
Almost all activity
On my profile dropped
I started clearing out “friend list”
Of people who did not
Ever take the time to write
To chat or share a thought
It dwindled down from three thousand
To one hundred and fifty
Only people who remained
Where those I found quite nifty
People who inspired me
Who had passion and grace
People who made efforts and
I did not need to chase
Of the nearly three thousand
That I had just “unfriended”
Only two did notice that
Our connection had ended
These days I am quite content
To know which friends are true
And which were merely passing ships
That I have bid “adeiu”
Would the same be said for you
If you are one who tries
To keep connected to a crowd
Of many girls and guys?
What would happen if you just
Decided not to call
Which are fleeting friends and which
Are in for the long haul?
~Miro
