It starts with a smile
It starts with a 'Hi'
In the beginning
We are just a bit shy

But as the days go by
We talk and talk more
We create more moments and
Toss them into our memory store

Morning to evening
Day after night and day
Newer revelations, new news
A hundred different things to say

We weave our legends
In friendship's strings
We laugh and we cry but
We we draw each other's wings

And the moments lose count
And the days fade into a year
And as we tug the string more and more
Why suddenly there's a slight tear?

But then one fine day
We tie a knot on the string again
With a few promises
And loads of tears to rain

Days go flying by with glee
But again in a year there's a strain
We choose to compromise when
The string threatens to snap again

With time this compromise
Becomes the way of us
Even starting a conversation
Becomes a burden thus

We choose to talk in silences
And let the egos speak
We give each other the 'space'
Which neither of us really seek.

And everytime there's a tear
We tie a little knot of 'understanding'
Never realising the string is weak
From all the compromising

And finally one day when
Either of us needs to fall back
We try to grasp that thinning thread
Which snaps with a crack

And as we hold onto
Our own respective ends
We realise we're strangers now
We, who once were friends

We, who once were friends...

Author's Note : Have you ever seen friendships fading before your eyes and felt helpless because there was nothing you could do?