Goodbye, friend

Fleeting shadows
And passing lights –
Shall we expect them to last?

Life is but a series of
Happenstance,
And the people in our lives,
But passing comets-
Trajectories cross
And diverge again.

The ties that bind
Are the ones hand-wrought
With time, effort and sacrifice;
With laughter, tears, hopes and hurts
Freely and openly shared.
All else fades.

Goodbye, friend.
Whatever is not worth your time
Should not be worth mine either.