Friendships are fleeting, just
souls passing through a moment briefly in sync.
How do people bond
when we all seek more than a simple hello?
Love should last forever but
in the modern age who can possibly commit
to the required sacrifice? Perhaps a couple of words
in Spanish will do, who can
say for sure, “puedo te amo por favor,”
or is that beyond what’s reasonable?
Abandoned roads are the hardest to traverse,
which is why
it’s wise to have many friends.
R.M. Dolin, 2018
