Poems

Drifting apart

We once were one

We now are none

We were separated without my consent

I supposed you never truly had a chance to relent

I laughed at your jokes

While you guffawed at mine

Standing together like branches of oaks

Pointing out the nice ones as well as the blokes

Sticking together like shoelaces tied

Holding hands like vines intertwined

A wedge drives between us

At first like a fuss

Going slowly at first and going unnoticed

Growing distant I'm not surprised no one noticed

At first I was spiteful

Perhaps even angry

But to me your freedom seemed rightful

That was the part that vexed me most

Your friendship with others seemed like a boast

While our friendship seemed no more than a ghost

I cannot remember the last time we talked

Or at least the last time it was real

I know there is no way to truly heal

We used to be like a lock unlocked

Like a perfect potion only a witch could concoct

We spoke through the heart with a common language

One without the other was like an anguish

We now speak rehearsed lines like a foreign tongue

What we could've been like a song unsung

The dull rejection did not hurt it stung