The Transience of Pocket Friends // Elizabeth Roop


Flowers Grow Back
Kaitlynn McShane

A sonnet

It’s amazing how much can be born from a tweet.
Two total strangers, who until the Net,
would likely never have gotten to meet,
but now is born a friendship we both won’t forget.
For now, we’re texting all day, every day.
We plan out our futures; you’ll animate and I’ll write.
We joke about meeting, that we’ll find a way,
and choose to ignore the opposing odds’ height.
For several months, we feel like best friends,
pocket confidants for depressed nights and bad days,
sharing inside jokes, hoping this never ends,
knowing no pocket friends ever get to stay.
But now you’ve disappeared, so I guess that we’re through.
Back to Twitter I’ll go to find someone new.






Author:

Elizabeth Roop is a junior English/History double major. At Morningside, she’s active in campus ministries, ODK, and the Writing Center. She is currently studying in Japan at Kansai Gaidai.





Artist:

Kaitlynn McShane is a senior from Bennington, Nebraska, majoring in Graphic Design and Advertising. She loves Harry Potter, painting, and golfing in her free time.




Voice Actor:

Engels Perez is a student at Morningside College.