Friendship

For all of us,
At this place,
At our own pace,
In our own space,
We completed studying,
We completed every assignment,
We submitted all the projects,
We learnt while we played,
School is where I first made friends.

For all of us,
At this place,
At a different pace,
In a different space,
We moved out of our shell,
We saw the real world,
At college,
Some stayed,some left...
Yet again,
Here I made new friends.

At this place,
At a different pace,
In a different space,
I joined a new academy,
Art,Creativity,Demos,Origami...
I think I finally saw the "real world"
And yet again,
Despite all the odds,
I managed to make a friend.

Finally at this place,
We all have friends,
Social Media-Snapchat,Instagram,Ludo, WhatsApp and on every other application,
Yet again,
Some stayed and some left,
Some are real and some fake,
Some new and some old.

Hopefully,
Till you still have "friends",
Or that one friend,
At this time,
At this pace,
I hope you send that one message,
That adds value to your friendships,
That gives meaning to all your friends,
That gives meaning to your friendships.
            -Ushma Shah