Where Do They All Go

Where Do They All Go?

If I started at day one, this would be one long stint
Because I want to discuss where all my friends went!
Sometimes they come and go with great regularity
But a few are always there, which is a real rarity.

We as a nation are very mobile and we seldom ever stay in one place.
That, alone, shifts the people we encounter so we're always seeing new faces.
There are degrees of friendship and different interests to consider
So it's easy to understand how some may turn lonely and bitter.

But absent friends are comforting, just to know they're there,
That they still think of you and write and let you know they really care.
The casual friends that you pass occasionally and greet. That's about as far
As that acquaintance cares to get involved. You are

To them just a fleeting, momentary transitory living body. As such,
You're not classified as friend nor do they classify themselves as such.
I've narrowed it down to a definable category of classification.
On a scale of one to ten, they graduate in friend material. Some need no clarification.

Maybe if I had just dwelled on the proven, honest, loyal friends
I would have had two verses instead of five. Blowing in the wind
Like Autumn leaves, my proven friends are everywhere, but in reality always there.
We keep in touch and let each other know we always care.