sudden strangers

there are people i say hello to regularly online and offline... some respond and we share something more than hello... like the how are you and what's going on and so on... some share more, most do not... that is the way it is with humans, at least in my experience... i've come to accept it without lament or sadness most of the time... though an underlying sadness over the unfulfilled potential of humanity is not ignored as it is reality from my perspective... whether it is knowing too much or believing too much or creating too much hope, it's part of me... i sigh and move along in the moments, for the moments are all there is (even when we bring memories or dreams into them)...

sometimes some who share lots, who are friends or lovers or both or closer (and family of all sorts), just go silent... they seem to fall off the face of the earth and get lost in the wherever they might be... i wish them well and hope they return to catch up someday... the saddest cut of all though is the connections that remain, those who have the means to share but choose not to for their own reasons... and one day we look around and seem surprised we've become sudden strangers... it is the realization that is sudden, of course, but it still comes as a shock at times... some of you are out there and i hope you find your way to sharing in some way again soon...

don't be a sudden stranger, be here now (your now is now :)

narf :)