Friends

I love my friends.

I would die for them and am the kind of person who constantly checks in on them.

I remember their birthdays, their jobs, their events, their worries, their joys, their sorrows and their lives and always put them before myself.

But I wonder when someone will do that for me?

I know people live their lives and get busy.

Maybe I’m just too worried about others and not enough for myself.

But wouldn’t it be nice if someone could text me for a change?

Wouldn’t it be wonderful if someone called me or asked to go to lunch or just a simple "hey?"

I am a happy person who is always trying to lighten the lives of others, but when I go home, the isolation kills me.

I linger too much in my head and just yearn for a hug sometimes.

When someone responds to a text out of the blue I am ecstatic.

If I bring it up with friends they say sorry and that they will try better.

But it doesn’t work for long.

I just want a simple “hey” or a “how are you.” That’s all.

Is that too much to ask?