Friendship Lost

When times are good friendship blossoms It fragrances all about The sweet perfume of love Let’s all about know That no ill-will can see the light of day Animosity can however set in quickly Like a fast blowing wind The sand castle of friendship can scatter Far and wide The shallow foundation No match for the storms that now rage This vitriol Coupled with self-eroding contempt Often puts paid to reconciliation How fickle is friendship How swiftly and cruelly it can be reversed Turning to hatred Leaving deep never healing scars On one’s psyche A fraternity of equals The players of this social tangle Had hoped and wanted to be Sadly for some it wasn’t meant to be Like hot water left to cool The cold of unfriendliness may set in gradually Or pour down with viciousness so abruptly The reason can often to the injured party A mystery be The building blocks of unity Are suddenly set alight The flames of friendship past Can burn oh so bright Words spoken that cannot be recanted Wound with skill How advantageous is past familiarity The knife knows where to grievously harm Maiming with willful intent How artful is treachery Rage uncontained Poisons all A scene of no holds barred A spectacle most dismal The victor is but a fool To think he has won For he only fans the flames That inevitably will consume him Dirty laundry aired carelessly Reeks mostly acridly The recanting of embarrassing moments past The venting of animosities that smouldered for too long Is often too much to bear even for The feuding ex-friends There is no going back From this point onwards Thoughts and memories are ransacked To find a grain of now apparent Ill-will The petty of yore Now comes to the fore Life can sometimes burden One unnecessarily To acknowledge hurt caused And to seek an end to hostilities Is a road less travelled A strong man or woman You surely must be To want to salvage what was once held dearly But now dumped carelessly What a tragedy is friendship That once was And never again will be