College Diaries: Off Campus and Friendless

Can I just say that living off-campus and not in the dorms is so hard? Right off the bat, there are people who have best friends already because they have their roommates or floormates at the dorms. But off campus students, particularly those who live far off campus like I do, find it really hard to make friends and actually connect with them and hang out. We can't stay on campus too late after dark because it's not safe and it takes about an hour to get home via bus and light rail. As a result we miss many socializing opportunities. Many students choose to go back to their dorms and study or chill between classes or during free time. The only time I see classmates outside class are when I or they or both are walking to another class. Those of my classmates who are in at least two of the same classes as I am sadly do not talk to me as they are all already sitting with their best friends from the dorms. 

It's not that people don't talk to me or anything - it's just that I seem to have a great number of hi-bye friends and still haven't really made any connections with anyone and therfore don't have any REAL friends yet. All around people have found their college bestie. I'm still searching for mine.

COLLEGE DIARIES: OFF CAMPUS AND FRIENDLESS

Nobody knows the lyrics

To the song the bird sings.

Nobody knows the steps

To the dance of tree leaves.

Nobody sees the tears

Of the dry eye and bright smile.

Nobody understands the pain

Of the lonely soul.

Where friends come and go

One stops just to wonder

Why when seeking out bonds

There is always a blunder

That creates not friends

But acquaintances and such

That no matter who surrounds them

Friends don't exist much.

Open your eyes and see

The lonely, wandering soul

Who never shows her tears

And laughs full of dole 

and never tries to hurt 

Anyone but the self

Assuming destiny is to be truly

Friendless all along.

I stop and smile

I say hi to you

But we seldom go beyond

You saying hi too

And if only I could find

A friend to hang out with 

Though I don't live close by

- Or are friends just a myth?