losing friends

you lost a few
friends
last week.
they disappeared
from sight
with the click
of a button.
you were so close
to them,
sharing the cake
you baked,
the flowers
in your yard,
their children making
funny faces.
how you loved
their updates
and silly jokes,
their concern
for politics
and keeping the earth
afloat.
you felt that you
too were on vacation
with them in aruba,
and spain,
Italy and Daytona,
but you lost them,
and now you may
never see them again,
how quickly face
book brings one joy,
and then such sad
and unexpected
misery.