You Said You Were My Friend

By darkness falls

What is it to be a true friend?

I used to think that I knew
I can honestly say that I gave it my all The fair-weather friend turned out to be you
Maybe I could've just let it go
It wouldn't have hurt nearly as bad
If a month or two of friendship
Was all that we'd had
But its now been years
Since we first met
And right up til now
I've not had one regret
We talked, we laughed
We cried, we shared
And all along the way
I felt that you cared
We had our fights
Times we didn't agree
But I never once thought
That I would live to see
The time when I came to you
Again and again
My heart almost destroyed
In need of my friend
All I asked was a few kind words
To know you were there
Know you listened and heard
Whenever you needed me
I was always right there
My shoulder was yours
I honestly cared
But when I stumbled and fell
This time I couldn't get up
I Kept getting kicked
Far down on my luck
I came to you hurting
I told you my fears
You did nothing to help
As I cried bitter tears
I thought you might have misunderstood
So I told you the story
Thinking you would
And still no reaction
Not so much as a hug
From under my feet
Out came the rug
With all thats gone wrong
These last years of my life
I counted on you
This cuts like a knife
Your true colors I've seen
Now I'm walking away
Wasted all of those years
But not one more day...

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Published on Wednesday, July 11, 2012. Filed under: "Ironic" and

Author's Note:

This was written about a real person. I posted it on Facebook, hoping she might feel a tiny bit of remorse. Yeah, right. 15 years I was played for a fool.

Comments on "You Said You Were My Friend"

On Sunday, February 3, 2013, ColorMeToxic (238) wrote:

I can't believe there is only one comment here, this deserves more attention. Beautifully baring, very sad...hope you are well.
On Wednesday, July 25, 2012, dwells (4177) wrote:

People grow apart and life goes on, with our own changing needs and problems, maybe her plate is full too? I still reach out to a few after many years with no apologies for a long absence, and they too understand, cheers and sorry I missed this earlier.
A former member wrote: Yeah this reminds me of my friend. I wrote a similar poem in the heat of an argument we had where she screwed me over and left me in the dirt. But yours is much more calm than mine haha I like it though