Thoughts on Friends that I have Known.

There are friends that I have known.
Some I knew for who they were.
Some I knew for who I wished them to be.
Some I knew deeply.
Others I knew with only a passing glance.
Some I continue to know.
Many I can no longer know.
Some were taken from me.
Some chose to leave.

Others I abandoned.

Most simply faded away.

A few remain.

Of these I call to mind a few

With whom I share some memory of sound,

Or shadows reflected in a cloudy mirror.

Memories of words spoken and of songs,

And a hope of more to come.

There are friends that I have known, and

Among them I am known.

13.10.2011