Relationships

There are so many relationships

Blood ties and friendships

One would expect that blood ties will be stronger

The proverb is blood is thicker than water

But in reality nothing is further than that

The changed society has seen to that

Friendships are the basis of family today

The affection and care has to be mixed with liking today

Liking is very different from loving

For I can love without liking

The relationships get complex over time

Some fade and some strengthen over time

I try to maintain contact, keep in touch

Expecting reciprocation, is it much?

Eventually one realises that people are busy

And letting go becomes easy

Maybe your karma with them is over

Relationship with them is then over

Struggling to keep it going is useless

The throes of dying relationship grow less and less

Friendships can also go that way

But they can also get stronger and deeper along the way

Friend is one you can rely on and lean on

Always on his mind even when you are gone

With the friend there is often a connection

A weird and wonderful same wavelength kind of connection

You kind of know when the other is looking for you

The meeting of minds that is a joy for him and you

There is no effort in keeping in touch

To support the friend is never too much

Friends are now my family

Just as much if not more than my family

Life is enriched by relationships

Blood ties and friendships