A Friend

A Friend Oct 2021

#265

I do not forgive you.

My blood is still boiling.

I’ll never get closure,

You’ll never set me free

You have left me with paranoia,

That I can never escape.

A Friend Oct 2021

#264

I forgive you for taking so much
And giving so little
How many people must you be,
Before you become yourself?

A Friend Oct 2021

#263

I do not fear intimacy
I fear being ripped open and found lacking
I fear the damage you might inflict,
And the damage you will find.

A Friend Oct 2021

#262

Deplete me
Bind me
Break me
Wash me away like the tide,
Dragged by irresistible force.

A Friend Oct 2021

#261

Messy people
Write about it what you must
Then walk away

A Friend Oct 2021

#260

Your ironclad promises
You make and swiftly break
Pleading that I believe in you
Things I don’t give—
You take

A Friend Oct 2021

#259

Whatever you might throw at me
I’ll clear the way or catch
On occasion I might even respond
By throwing something back