A Friend Like You
A
Friend Like You
What's the betrayal,
what're the lies
when you became the friend I never wanted.
A friend like you
saw me falling down into the abyss
but never cared enough to save me.
How could you help me out
when all this while it was your hands
that pushed me off the cliff.
A friend like you
dragged me through the mud
knowing I wouldn't do the same to her.
You became so callous you didn't even realise
that it was your pain that got you screaming,
and it was your hurt that got me hurt.
Your words got you a voice,
a voice so shrill I don't want to hear,
a voice so intrusive I have lost my own.
A friend like you
should have held me through the darkest times,
should have known me for who I was.
How could you have ever known me
when all this while, you became the very
grey clouds I said I was afraid of.
A friend like you
was something I never wanted
and this was why I had to leave.
So, I left you out of the blue,
biting down on your nails
and cursing my name.
Soon you learnt new names to call me,
created new stories to tell your new friends
over some tea.
You always wanted to paint a picture of me
that everyone would hate
instead you painted yourself in crimson red.
A friend like you
should have lost a lot many friends like me,
and should have known I'd be the first to leave.
You weren't the blessing from the heaven,
but a wicked from the hades
who I trusted with all my wits.
You proved to me the difference between
someone who truly had my back and
someone who's just shaking my hand
while holding a knife in the other.
A friend like you made me feel like
I wasn't worth it all when we both know
I was the best of friends you ever got
but never deserved.
A friend like you
hanged from me like a barnacle,
slowly taking away everything I had to give.
A friend like you
was the salt to my deepest wounds.
A friend like you
was the consequence of all my worst sins.
A friend like you
was a mistake to confide into.
-The
Loquacious Writes
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