rajatagore

Friendship and friends continue to remain central to our lives. The relationship that we share with our friends is grounded in a mutual concern as our friends help us in shaping up our personalities as well. Even in this age of online social networking and ecards, the need of expanding the network of friends, whether online or offline remains a primary concern for people.

It all started with e-mail from Rishitha to Rajesh with the contact phone number and a link to her profile in one of the dating site.

We sit and we type, and we stare at our screens.

We all have to wonder what this possibly means.

With our mouse we roam through the rooms in a maze

Looking for something or someone as we sit in a daze.

We chat with each other. We type all our woes.

Small groups we do form and gang up on our foes.

We wait for somebody to type out our name.

We want recognition, but it is always the same.

We give kisses and hugs,and sometimes flirt

In PMs we chat deeply and reveal why we hurt.

We do form friendships - but - why we don't know,

But some of these friendships will flourish and grow.

Why is it on screen we can be so bold?

Telling our secrets that have never been told.

Why is it we share the thoughts in our mind

With those we can't see as though we were blind?

The answer is simple. It is as clear as a bell.

We all have our problems and need someone to tell.

We can't tell real people, but tell someone we must.

So we turn to the computer and to those we can trust.

Even though it is crazy, the truth still remains

They are friends without faces and odd little names.