There Are No New Old Friends – Part 4

Some Awkward Time

Meeting again was left undiscussed. An additional, inevitably painful, gratingly sad, consciously final meeting wasn’t planned.

Perhaps it’s true there’s a risk that another meeting might amount to little more than some awkward time punctuated by a few awkward words.

Perhaps there’s a risk that a final awkward meeting could become a lasting memory.

And I know it’s true that for a few moments I believed leaving my good memories untarnished could be a wise choice. But that belief was fleeting.