I Knew You'd Bite

When your most relied on friendship dissolves into acrimony

Our camaraderie was one of a kind

people don't come that easy

neither do they stay that loyal

gone are the days mate

I knew you'd bite!

Those lonely nights when you had your heart broken

when the world had turned a cold shoulder

your rants would be heightened 

my warm embraces came at no cost

I knew you'd bite!

All burden i would turn to my dear friend

you played empathetic to my face 

the footnotes behind my back told a different story

it wasn't that many times i needed you but

I knew you'd bite!

Years of solidness wiped out in a second

you came too easy

our friendship was in sync, so i thought!

what you took from me you can never return 

neither can i ever offer again

I knew you'd bite!

Sorry looks pathetic on you

a bit late don't you think

my genuineness wasn't worth the experience

but am glad i knew you mate

because now i can never repeat that mistake

I still knew you'd bite! 

How did i miss the introduction

too blinded to learn your middle name - "betrayal"

ignored my intuition -i knew you'd bite 

but 

i gave our friendship ground to thrive!

 

Author's Note

Please leave a comment

Reviews

[Nankya Yudaya]

Your reviews are much appreciated Coyote and Dee! Thanks

[Onlyme]

No, truer word spoken or said. A lier is hard to spot! But one's found out. So hard to trust again. If ever you could trust them again, much doubt you could!!

[Coyote Poetry]

Hard to see the liars from the kind people. I liked the directness and real life feel to the words. Very good ending to the excellent poetry.
Coyote

[Nankya Yudaya]

Thanks alot for the review Phill

[Phill Oz O'fee]

Wow - toxic poetic reflections of betrayal; made even more poignant as it is from a so called best friend! You have certainly captured the subject matter - a great write … :-)