Ive Got To Learn To Say No
Message after message
Always troubled with concerns
I lend an ear - a voice
You’d think by now I would have learned
Hours and hours of drama
Filled with emotional selfish needs
Is this how you treat your best friend?
Dumping everything on me
I use reason and logic
To keep her calm and reassured
I can’t tell if she is listening
Her response is loquaciously immature
I like to think that I am helping
But it’s hurting me so
Taking advantage of our friendship
I’ve got to learn to say no
Another message another evening
Its seems her friends have let her down
She just needed someone to talk to
She always knows I’ll be around
She started talking about them badly
She probably talks the same about me
Sometimes it makes me wonder
If helping her is killing me
So I’ll send another message
It helps her sleep throughout the night
But as I lay here in the darkness
I hope and pray I’ll be alright
It’s going to take some time
Change begins with me - this I know
Taking advantage of our friendship
I’ve got to learn to say no
Copyright © Kelly Hitchcock | Year Posted 2020
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