Friends

I don't know why do I feel like writing this.
I met up with an old friend today, after almost a year
we caught up on everything-old and new,sweetest n meanest, gossips n rumors.. felt good, felt new.

While on my way home, I was thinking of my friends..
Friends who are the sole important part of my life apart from my family. In my walk of life, I have had many friends, not being an understatement here!
But who has been there with me always...?
Surprisingly,I couldn't think of a single name who lived up to the title we impose on every acquaintance 'Friend'

The person I met today was my best friend, I still count him/her in my 'Best Friends Category' but I would be lying if I said ' we are there for each other'
Mind you, I am not blaming my friends here or my misery in friendship... but just speaking the facts of life.

How many friends do you have whom you can call at 2 in the night or 4 in the morning without hesitating? I cant think of anybody except my boy friend and my family.

Then who are friends? Friends are those people who we met at different stages of our life. School buddies, College mates, Room mates, Networking friends, Online friends, Colony friends...and the list never ends.
but are these people always there with us? I don't remember not telling anybody ' we are friends forever' or ' i vow to keep in touch always' but some how life goes ahead of us and we lose them catching up.

But this doesn't dishearten me nor does it make me feel sad, because friends are not for always, however, unrealistic it may seem and meeting new people, meeting new ' friends' is probably life's way of saying:
'move on buddy,,, nothing is forever... not even friends'