Dying Friendship
When a celebration feels like a business dinner...
When you judge not the sin, but condemn the sinner...
When silence is deafening...
When you wish for an ending...
When every word is laced with disinterested contemptuous ire...
When everything you say stokes an imminent cannon fire...
When you try to meet eyes that are strangely vacant...
When you remember past memories and wish to recant...
wasted moments, lost chances, but no sense of regret...
Torn, raw emotions with acceptance are met...
When you struggle to find even one moment free...
When attempts are made half-heartedly...
When jokes are not funny,
Smiles and hugs are not warm and sunny.
When time apart turns from weeks to years
When absence is met with atrophic absence instead of tears,
When you don't know if capricious promises will be kept
A missing piece becomes a basic reality too easy to accept.
When you talk about your life with a stranger you once bared your soul
When there's nothing but a grave-like hole...
When adversarial bemusement is seen in their eyes,
When all you want to do is spill lies
To keep up the charade there is no love lost
Life support of a dying friendship at any cost
Half hearted attempts, lack of care
Broken promises from someone who was always supposed to be there.
Life unscripted get lost in the shuffle; insanity
Deprivation, humility, humanity
When silence is the language spoken
It's a true reminder of what is truly broken
When tearful eyes cease crying...
That's the sound of a friendship dying.
Copyright © Michelle Morningstar | Year Posted 2016
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