If once we say hello,
And then we part,
What meaning does this brief
Encounter then impart?

If once we were great friends,
But now friends lost,
What meaning does a long
Lost friendship bear for us?

If once as bitter enemies
We staunchly fought,
What meaning has the fighting
To us taught?

If as total strangers
We do remain,
What meaning does this
Separation to us say?

If as individual humans
We remain,
The meaning lies in our
Separate paths.

And if as humans we are on
Our separate paths,
It means for us that growth
Is still a must.