'A Best Friend' .... The best friend??

For a long time in my life,
I didn't have a best friend.
But then I met someone,
who wanted to be together till the end.

Soon casual calls turned to hourly chats
with apparently no topic at all.
And intellectual jokes turned to
silly limericks like 'humpty dumpty sat on a wall.'

Every IM brought a pair of smiles
and long hours ran off in seconds.
But milk does turn sour after a while.
And all good things must come to an end.

The friendship ended in misconceptions
and she took an oath to never look back.
I had lost my best friend.
Was it less than a heart attack?

She probably has a better life now
with some fancy new best friend.
But I still look for answers...
Can broken pottery be mend?

But life stops for none.
What's been done is done.
The dark night will surely pass
and there will be a new bright sun.

Will this sun bring along new friends
one of whom, someday, I could call my best?
Will there be many to choose from?
Is this yet another one of life's tests?

Do I really want a new best friend?
The answers to this I seek.
Does 'THE BEST FRIEND' really even exists?
Can she be found in spite of the chances bleak?

Are best friends even that important?
Do they really take us far?
Today I stand 'best-friend-less'
Do I really like the way things are?

I want to be nobody's best friend
and none to be mine.
'Coz the last time a best friend & I broke up
letting her go sure took a lot of time.