long lost friends and of new friends

Many of us might be tempted to say friends are friends..That they are the mirrors we can see ourselves in. That they are treasures.

But haven't we come across situations many a times when long lost friends have been hard to talk to? when your "langotia yaar" the childhood friends are the ones you find the hardest to talk to. When your new friends are easier to talk and connect to, have we ever paused to inspect what was lost on the way?

Have we ever wondered what it is that creates this growing divide between the best of friends when we lose touch? Why is it that an awkwardness grows between us? Why is it that we find hard to share our thoughts and feelings with the person we used to trust the most at some point of time?

Mysterious as it may sound, the explanation is as simple as opening of a door. We open the locked doors to the old feelings and gradually we open up to them...

But opening old rusty hinges isn't easy especially when these doors hide our past demons.