My Other Friends

My Other Friends
Never knew cruel could be so mean
Never knew horror would get so mad
Never knew sorrow till I felt a gasp
Never knew shock till I stood outside myself
Never knew life could be this bad
Never knew sad till after bad
Never knew death till he stole my family in a glance
Never knew loneliness till after death 
Never knew about loss till a memory came rushing back
Never met hate, held out for rage
Never felt ashamed till I released rage
Never let go of hope found out we didn’t float, courage had my raft waiting for him and humor to bring it back
Never knew danger had a life long standing invitation
Never knew love could be so blue, orange and yellow were always so cool
Never called materialistic, she showed up with optimism
Never saw jealousy standing outside waiting grabbed humble and we did a double
Never got too much of grief till he showed up with a suitcase and stood in his briefs
Never knew boring come with a warning
Never knew appreciation could be so forgotten
Never knew dreams could finally come true but with nightmare's manners
Never knew the addictions just want to gloat and talk about pity
Never knew pride could live close bye and never visit
Copyright © | Year Posted 2011

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Fisher Avatar
November 8, 2011 at 1:02 PM
Many congrats on your wonderful featured piece this week, rgds Janette
Brown Avatar
November 8, 2011 at 7:31 AM
Congratulations on your well deserving poem being featured this week Shannon. Love, Carol
Bagnall Avatar
November 3, 2011 at 7:52 AM
A lot of thoughts went into this one, liked the style, not sure why you've listed it as a rhyme, intrigued...
Hawley Avatar
November 4, 2011 at 5:33 AM
Thank you, I wasen't sure what to list it as. I'm still learning a lot of the basics
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