I can literally smell it.
The rotten stench of a dying friendship. Or make that two friendships.
I can see them wilting, day by day.. disintegrating & decomposing into two big lumps of compost, to be eventually surrounded by irritating, buzzing flies.. & conquered by wriggling, slimy creepy crawlies..
It's funny how people can become such fast, inseparable soulmates one minute, then absolute strangers the next. From the ability & willingness to indulge each other with so much time & support... to a state where a mere impassionate "hello" has to be painfully squeezed out... I can only watch in despair as I see my once-buddy hang out with others, with the same intensity & passion as she once shared with me. As a spectator, I can only quietly sob.
There were no quarrels, no clashes of interests. It was an almost ghostly, spontaneous divergence from our common dot. As suddenly as bonds were forged, they were broken. It occured so naturally, it freaked the hell out of me. If this can happen once, it can happen twice, and again, and again, to one, to two, to many many many more...
Life is transient; friendships are a subset of life, so friendships are transient too. Live life with passion; make friends with passion too. Celebrate life; don't forget to celebrate death too. For death means a release from all worldly troubles & pains.
Celebrate death. Thou shalt not cry.
3 comments:
The content of this entry strike a chord with me. It happens to me as well, once-great-buddies-turned-strangers. Indeed, sometimes it seems 'unbelievable' how friendships evolve. Suppose these people are meant to be just passerby in our life.
On the other case, i shared a wonderful holiday with a friend whom i've known for 10 yrs now. We spent less than 2yrs tog in a same country, lost contact for several years, yet still feel like we've just played together yesterday when we met up again. No lack of chemistry, despite the distance, the lack of communication over the years, despite leading different lives, on different continents. Spent the vacation catching up, filling in each other on the life events that happened during those teens years etc...Suppose that's what can be termed as *true friendship*... one that can withstand the test of time ...... These people are meant to be part of your life..
Happened to read this article @ zaobao online... hereby sharing with you here.. on friendship..
http://www.zaobao.com/fk/fk050523_508.html
One makes all sorts of friends in ones lifetime. Some stay just for a season. Some come and go. And they return, just to leave before you know it. Some remain steadfastly and weather all your storms with you. Some slip quietly away. And perhaps this this how friendship works. It is not necessary to hang on to every one of them. But cherish them all.
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