JUST A THOUGHT

When the world falls apart and the sky comes crumbling down around us, how do we really know who will be there to save us? We don't know at all who will really love us when nothing is right, when the world is dying, when all Hell is abounding. Friends we thought would come to our rescue, drift away as each new day goes by and don't care anymore of how we are or what's going on in our lives. They move on and forget all about us, changing themselves and living with new and "better" friends. And it takes us long enough finally to realize that maybe they weren't friends at all, maybe all they wanted was something in return.

I have finally realized that perhaps it's time to leave those feelings about some of the people I was closest too, perhaps it's time to put them away in the back of my mind, just as they have done to me. Never a hello anymore from them, I am ignored; never comments anymore, they are too busy to write a few encouraging words. Goodbye to them all, they are gone, lost from the bank of friends I keep in my heart. And I know that those I am closest too will stay with me for always, for that has stayed true. Those people I know I will always be able to count on will stay with me for years and years and they will be the ones that leave a short comment or a friendly hello when they see me. They are the ones I can count on for anything, they are the ones who's shoulders I can cry on and they are the ones that will see my tears. For those are very few and not many of them are still around; I have but a tiny few people that are there for me and I love them more than anything in the world. They know who they are: the few people that know the secrets I keep, the few that call me just to chat, the ones who care about how I'm doing or what's new in my life; the ones who aren't just friends by the season or when they need or want something from me... perhaps we should all appreciate those people we have like that... and realize if we are that person for our own friends..... just a thought...