Connections –

The world isn't as big as it seems

Living in a generation where

someone in California can talk to another in Spain.

You'd think that the difficulties of talking to others would be a thing of the past, but

it's not.

Text|Skype|Phone Calls|Facebook|Snapchat|Messenger

We have all these new ways of

speaking to each other

seeing each other

attempting to close the gap of

a million miles                                                                    

a thousand miles

ten miles

being next door

being beside you.

 

Is it sad that I have over a thousand connections

but there are times when I feel

utterly

Alone?

I hate moping so

I send a text

 

Heyy gurlll :D

Oh Heyyyyyy! Haven't seen you in forever!

We should hang

When are you free?

I know this awesome ramen place in SF

We should check it out

Bruhhh that sounds hella good!

I've been really busy recently buttt

I'll letchu know as soon as I'm free!

Mmkay sounds good :)

 

Summer ends.

Never did go to SF with whatshername, but that's okay.

Things happen

People forgotten

And then I remember that

I shouldn't take things so personally that

Ten closer friendships outweigh a thousand acquaintances that

There are so many people in the world available at the click of a button but...

 

What do you do

When

It's easier to reach some stranger on an app than it is to get to those closest to you?

You'd think that

The people you expect to be there for you would be there when it matters most

When you feel your world crumbling down before you

When you feel like deleting every contact

every file

every memory stored between the creases of your brain...

It's funny when

People who never talk to you ask you how you're doing.

It's funny when

People who never talk to you say the little things that matter.

But then you remember

Those you thought had abandoned you –

They were there for you at two in the morning to pick up that phone call

They were there for you when all you wanted to do was stare at that blank screen

and scream.

 

Breathe.

It's so easy to cut off anyone and everything

During those times of fight or flight

I could cut down what network I have left to none

I mean, I just need me, right?

Yet, I wouldn't really be able to claim that I'm everything I say I am

Without remembering how they've shaped me with every instance and –

damn.

 

What if?

What if you had never met

The bully who made you stronger?

The slowest, yet most inspiring runner?

What if that teacher from way back when had never asked you to deliver that paper?

That very paper that lead you to meet

A girl who wouldn't speak to you in a heartbeat, but

whose story will haunt you for the rest of your life?

 

I've always been told to be grateful.

How could I be so stupid as to forget that

connections

are a two way tango.

 

The world isn't as big as it seems.

Living in a generation where

We have all these new ways of

speaking to each other

seeing each other...

 

It's best not to over think it and

Just say hey!

Who knows what else could happen in a day.