--- title: Friends date: 2008-05-28T10:37:28Z modified: 2008-05-28T10:37:28Z permalink: "https://www.poetryoflife.com/friends/" type: post status: publish excerpt: "" wpid: 212 categories: - Friendship Poems - Life Poems featured_image: "https://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/frnd-1.jpg" author: Praveen Kumar timestamp: 2008-05-28T10:37:28Z tags: - Friendship Poems - Life Poems --- ![frnd 1](http://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/frnd-1.jpg) sitting in the park bench in the midst of a lush green field away from the prying eyes of everyone we sit down, hands clasped strangers we were on the day we saw each other you going about your work me, stumbling into the minefield like a lost child scared and confused i stood rooted to my place like a human in a field of dinosaurs i was wondering when the chase would begin to hunt me down and to drive me away until you grabbed me by the hand and took me away from a deadly minefield to a garden of flowers until that moment we were just strangers in the same [train](https://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/post/the-fast-train.md) time flew fast we changed places we changed ourselves we changed for good once a week in this little bench we sit down we talk we relive our first meeting we relive our lives week after week rain or sun never bothered us every week this little park bench was our [paradise](https://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/post/a-stranger-in-paradise.md) away from the crazy world we live in couple of hours every week we come here sit down and watch the birds and the bees fly by watch the kids play in the grass watch the outside world zoom infront of us yet just like the first day we sit here hands clasped silently watching the world without saying a [word](https://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/post/words.md) silently wishing the world to stop silently hoping time moves backward to the first day we met to the day when 2 strangers became [friends](https://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/post/when-friends-let.md) (silently hoping we stay in this [paradise](https://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/post/a-beggar-in-paradise.md) forever) ———————————————————————————————————————— **note:** Not everyone becomes your “**friend**” and not everyone can be your “**friend**“. Friends are of 2 types, in my opinion. 1. Short term:- They are like your guests. They come and go. Once their short term goal is fulfilled, they just pack up and go. 2. Long Term:- People who fall under this category are the ones who stay with you for a long time. You or they will not be able to explain why they are around you but when you two meet/talk you feel [happy](https://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/post/happiness.md) – inside. These are those “special” people with whom you can share anything and everything. Likewise they would feel “at ease” to share the same with you. Once you see them, you would feel “relieved”. You put their “happiness” before yours. Yet at the same time you will never acknowledge that 🙂 There is an old saying – A [Friend](https://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/post/a-friend.md) is a lover, literally. People in the [second](https://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/post/second-chance.md) category are prime example of this. They know you inside out and you share your life with them as you would do with your partner. Btw, sometimes when it comes to things like this, words are the worst way to express it. What you type out can be mis-interpreted as well or worse, you just would not get the words to express it 🙂