Memoirs

From hundreds of text message,

Dozens of phone calls,

A few gifts,

Lunches all along,

Chatter all the way,

Comfort and warmth,

Expectations and anticipations,

Understanding and respect,

Familiarity and contempt

Friendly nudges

Silly catfights

Christening each other

The hugs

The happiness

The joy

The tears

The ‘gotchas’

And, love

To no phone calls

Five text messages

No gifts

No lunches

No squawking

Coldness and bereft of emotions

No expectations

Matter-of-facts,

Frowns

Look-aways

Formal handshakes

Polite addresses

No outburst of affection

As strangers,

We bid farewell

But a new word adorns our dictionary

Space.