Some people believe
friends are history.
Shared time.
Shared memories.
Shared versions of who you were.
Others believe
friends are choice.
Who you still call.
Who you still show up for.
Who still shows up for you.
What would an ossan think about friends?
Ossan’s answer
An ossan doesn’t believe
friends are guaranteed.
Friends are time
meeting honesty.
And sometimes,
honesty changes
before distance does.
An ossan accepts this quietly.
He doesn’t count friends.
He doesn’t chase them either.
He notices
who stays natural.
That’s all.
Friendship cannot be forced.
But presence can.
An ossan learns this late:
The strongest friendships
are not built
on how often you talk.
They are built
on how little
you have to pretend.
An ossan would stop here.
Not because friendship is simple,
but because staying costs something too.
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