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When Friends Become Foes

WHEN FRIENDS BECAME FOES Once upon a time we had played and chuckled in unison Spouting the sound in a sound friendship We had shook hands together before We ate and drank together We slept together rubbing in the warmth of the day And the cool breeze of the night with a single lappah Tides and market, comes and go Time timed timelessly, we had forgot so soon The song we used to sing together We remember no more in our eyes The memory of our bosom friendships Thought split apart while fight frightened the friendship Lovers now lives lonely While our thoughts now were made in a thunderstorm The very face that brings smile Now frowns like a the face warmth by the heat of a dead slap Flying away like an eagle Seeing only in the eyes : the redness of the white

Copyright © | Year Posted 2012




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Date: 9/24/2012 8:18:00 AM
like life, it is beautiful to reminsce at times, and sometimes meloncholy. Nicely written. Cindy Lu Cayton
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Akolade Adewunmi
Date: 9/24/2012 8:25:00 AM
thanks for the comment, your best friend may be your worst enemy in life and vice versa

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