Friendly Enemies
I've never lost a friend worth keeping.
Only the ones who share their indulgently fake smiles.
They refused to reveal their true form; or was their depth the identical parallel of their surface all-the-while?
The kinks in my armor I exposed, 'twas "honor" they withheld.
Locking me in a detention center within myself a personal heaven and hell.
I purchased an expensive "hope" putting away the tattered guide on that I've carried for years while they fooled me into believing that they cared how I'd feel. Like a toothy grin-one a wolf offers an easy meal.
Nothing was real, well, except the disdain.
No matter the dance my eyes will never rain.
I can only attempt to remove the bookmark refusing to read that chapter again and renounce becoming "hatred's slave" betrayed.
Copyright © Jelani Hall | Year Posted 2017
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