Friendship

So here we are, a new post after a long while of silence. I apologize. With several events going on, I haven't really had time to post. But recently, several things have opened my eyes to the real world around me. It would seem that I'm recently surrounded by things I haven't been able to see. It would appear that the people around me are disappearing. What was once a wholesome group of friendly individuals gathered together to have fun and play now are people who no longer value friendship enough to make time for each other. There are those who are still willing to put it out there for others, but it would seem many of us are now extinct to those who still wish to have it the old way. Nonetheless, it is difficult to move on now that the present is upon us. I only wish that those affected and myself can find some new people to call friends. Because it is ourselves that are hurt. And only we know how difficult it is to realize that loneliness only takes one to manifest. If I didn't have the experience of having lost friends, I too would have difficulty accepting the situation. But the one I care about the most is the one hurting the most, and my feelings towards this person are one of caring and nurturing, perhaps willing for more than simple friendship. But this person isn't willing to carry on more than friendship regardless of how good my intentions are. I shall cherish what we have, as I always have. In friendship, the only gain is everything, the loss, only what you can't have. I wish not for a companion, but for lasting friendship. And right now, that is what is fading. And I lament it for the world and for those who having just two years ago, would have called me friend. They are the ones who lost the most, for they know not what they lost.