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End to a Friendship
I could feel us beginning to drift apart
Like cars going in opposite directions
Down the freeway. I knew in my heart
When we could not overcome corrections
To fix our friendship, which was already
On the brink. Something that used to
Bring us together was becoming unsteady
And separating us. Maybe you also knew
That all of this was coming to an end.
You are not on my side anymore and
I have to realize you are not a good friend.
Don’t you want to see me happy? We stand
On other sides of the spectrum now.
I still wish you the best because there are
No hard feelings, but I am sad this is how
We ended up. There is going to be a scar
Where you used to be. Now one of my
Closest friendships has died and faded out.
There is no way to give this all another try
Because that was the last and final strikeout.
Like cars going in opposite directions
Down the freeway. I knew in my heart
When we could not overcome corrections
To fix our friendship, which was already
On the brink. Something that used to
Bring us together was becoming unsteady
And separating us. Maybe you also knew
That all of this was coming to an end.
You are not on my side anymore and
I have to realize you are not a good friend.
Don’t you want to see me happy? We stand
On other sides of the spectrum now.
I still wish you the best because there are
No hard feelings, but I am sad this is how
We ended up. There is going to be a scar
Where you used to be. Now one of my
Closest friendships has died and faded out.
There is no way to give this all another try
Because that was the last and final strikeout.
Published 18th Jul 2017
| Edited 5th Aug 2017
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18th Jul 2017 6:48pm
lovely Eswaller my heart aches
for your loss of a friendship
that once was but you can't
keep a friendship alive
when they aren't on your side..
love Crim
for your loss of a friendship
that once was but you can't
keep a friendship alive
when they aren't on your side..
love Crim
18th Jul 2017 6:52pm
18th Jul 2017 11:39pm
" Don’t you want to see me happy? "
That's the crux of the issue right there, and how you can discern a true friend. Those who are real are happy for you, perhaps with a bit of human envy. Those who aren't are jealous.
The difference is that envy propels you to emulate and become better, while jealousy causes you to hold someone else back out of spite.
I'm sorry if this happened. It always hurts losing a friend.
That's the crux of the issue right there, and how you can discern a true friend. Those who are real are happy for you, perhaps with a bit of human envy. Those who aren't are jealous.
The difference is that envy propels you to emulate and become better, while jealousy causes you to hold someone else back out of spite.
I'm sorry if this happened. It always hurts losing a friend.
19th Jul 2017 00:40am
7th Aug 2017 2:41am
E: Very powerful poem. It's not easy when a friendship faces an estrangement -- I've lost many friendships over the years. With respect to ahavati's comment, just because someone fights or disagrees with you, doesn't equate to jealousy or wanting you to be unhappy. I was in a very abusive relationship once, a friend tried to rescue me but after I got angry at her she never spoke to me again. Eventually I realized I made a stupid mistake, but I lost that friend forever. Your assessment that your friend was never a real friend may be coming from of place of resentment and sensitivity rather than truth. I hope you work it out with your friend. If you don't, maybe there's a lesson to learn from it, and grow to be better. Your poem is definitely good food for thought for all of us at DUP as we learn and grow together
7th Aug 2017 4:53am
19th Jul 2017 1:43am
This is me every day with one of my besties. I hate to love her but love to hate her. Ugh. I feel you.
19th Jul 2017 1:49am
