friend(s)

 

is it because we’ve share smiles, shared laughter,

knew each other since our youth, seen joy and

sadness together, felt a common heartfelt pain,

that we should be recognized as friend(s)?

 

is there a level of love in being a friend, and should

it be of a place and time, in a certain vicinity of

space and distance or can this friendship sustain

in just by sharing words that emote feelings?

 

with this world now emersed in cybernetics, such as

television, cell phones, computers, that have created

avatars as friends, are they even real friends if

there is no person to person contact?

 

i love the morning sunrise, the moon and stars, love

the path i walk on aligned in arboreal display, with

wildflowers, and  the waft of sassafras, lilac, day lilies

and jonquils, oh yes, and the fauna that play amidst.

are they all not my life’s friends?

 

are you my friend(s) now because you’ve read my words,

and if you’re nodding yes as you read them, then we will have

intertwined our hearts fluttering in sync which signifies

we’re in this realm, called ‘life’, together, and so

at minimum, we are friends