The word friend is overused
In my experience, it’s the second most overused word
Right alongside the most: love
It seems we associate the word “friend” to just about everyone
In reality, however, a friend is one who cares
Who knows
Who understands
And who does their best to save another from the hell that is life
Therefore, friends should not cause another to feel abandoned
Alone in the darkest of nights
To fend for themselves when their life is so off balance that they can’t even stand
A friend, therefore, should not embarrass another
Should not gang up and call out another
Funny how people are so different in different settings
Its like being friends with three separate people
When one is true and the other two eat you up like a minnow
We have become a world of “friends”
Which, now, is almost in equivalent to the word “bully”
And they wonder why I don’t want to be their friend
They only care when I look like I'm falling down the deep end
And they'll only stop to question their “friendliness”
Until perhaps, not even after I'm dead.