places to go

there are few
places
that you wake up and
think
I'd love to go there
one day.
but there are
friends
you wish you'd
see more of.
that you could
press a button
and be with them.
sharing a drink
a bite,
a laugh or two.
the islands
are fine,
the alps, the seine,
paris
and rome.
but give me an old
friend on a bench
near the water
over those places
any day.