When Time Warps and Friends Disappear
I've seen fire and I've seen rain
I've seen sunny days that I thought would never end
I've seen lonely times when I could not find a friend
But I always thought that I'd see you again.
I do not count the time
For who knows where the time goes?
Who knows where the time goes?
I seem to lose people in time. Fox who I ran with for many years, took my first mescaline voyage with, died horribly in a tractor accident and a burning barn. I was best man at his wedding. Over the years since his marriage, I had seen him and his wonderful wife only twice and not in at least 5 years when he died.
Doug who was my roommate and running mate for at least a decade. Moved to Canada. Found a wife and started at least three different businesses. His marriage ended and he ended up by himself in the bush raising bees and selling honey. Since he left for Canada in the late 70’s, we had seen each other three times. Twice I visited him in Ontario and once he came to Southern California. The space just widened, and we lost each other in that space.
Friends across the country who were integral parts of my life and seen daily or at least regularly now sometimes touch base via social media. Time again has warped our contact.
There are times, when memories pour in, pictures are seen, songs are heard and I turn in my mind to share it with these special individuals, and I find emptiness and multiple voids.
You see, I always thought that I’d see them again, and I have no idea where the time has gone and taken them with it.
JT
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This is beautifully written.
Yes, it is amazing to me that with all of the social media platforms out there one can lose touch with people. Yet it happens. I try to maintain contact but some people do just fall away. I'm lucky to have friends from different periods in my life still out there keeping the connection going. However, there are many I think about that have seemingly left my life forever. In the end though that's part of life. Some people are only going to be there during key periods. We can miss them and/or say, "it was great to have had that time with that person" and leave it at that. Memories can be pretty powerful!