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But She Was My Friend

She was a friend or so I thought, thinking we were quite similar. Then I discovered she could not keep a confidence, and she regularly fabricated. Even a baby confidence, she could not keep, and she added high drama, for effect. I thought we could remain friends in a semi-friendship-way until I discovered she was wearing My grandmother’s missing tennis bracelet on her right arm, and telling people it was hers. “This is mine,” she argued with me. With a rhinestone missing in the exact same place as My grandmother’s bracelet? With a clasp that did not stay shut, exactly like my grandma’s? Friends no more. I had had enough.

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Orochi C. Joshua

Date: 8/29/2018 4:59:00 AM

Trust is a big challenge in any friendship. Where there is trust, there is friendship

Caren Krutsinger
Date: 8/29/2018 5:25:00 AM

One hundred percent true.

Connie Marcum Wong

Date: 8/28/2018 9:11:00 PM

Wow, with those kind of friends you don't need enemies. I think that's unforgivable. Pulling away from her is the right thing to do. She is untrustworthy and it's best to let her go. : )

Caren Krutsinger
Date: 8/29/2018 3:08:00 AM

exactly my thought.

Freddie Robinson Jr.

Date: 8/28/2018 8:57:00 PM

C'est la vie, mon amie, Caren. Such is life, my friend. That's the way it goes sometimes, we lose things, and people too. This poem is as real as it get. Down-to-earth poem. Love and joy always.

Caren Krutsinger
Date: 8/29/2018 3:10:00 AM

If there is two things I am it is "a mess" and "real."

Maurice Rigoler

Date: 8/28/2018 8:13:00 PM

Sorry for your loss, dear, but before considering anyone a friend, be aware that all humans are expert at wearing masks. Many thanks for reading my work and your generous comments. Best to you in your writing endeavors. / M

Caren Krutsinger
Date: 8/29/2018 3:10:00 AM

Thank you Maurice. I am having fun commenting.

Ilene Bauer

Date: 8/28/2018 2:10:00 PM

wow! what a betrayal! glad that you cut that cord. well-told, caren!

Caren Krutsinger
Date: 8/28/2018 7:35:00 PM

Thank you Ilene. It's weird how many chances we will give, until we cannot give even one more.

Brandy Nicole

Date: 8/28/2018 1:18:00 PM

It is sad when something like this happens. True friendship circles around trust. When it is broken, it is hard to gain that trust back again. ~ Brandy

Caren Krutsinger
Date: 8/28/2018 7:35:00 PM

I feel it is impossible to ever gain back.