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A Friendship Neglected
Michael Johns
He was new
Transferred from another school
Trying hard to fit in.
I had seen him around.
In a class we shared
In the cafeteria.
Walking across the parking lot.
But I didn't know him.
So that afternoon
When he passed me in the crowded hall
And said hello
I somehow felt awkward,
And I turned my head.
As if I hadn't seen him.
But he knew.
And I felt the distance between us grow.
The next time I saw him
In the middle of that hall
He turned his head first
And looked away.
The distance between us grew greater.
Now I wonder
What sort of friendship
Might have formed.
Had I looked his way
And returned his greeting.
What if I had said hello?
I may never know.
Because when I see him
He turns his head
And I look away
The distance between us grows even more.