Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Bastard Friend

One day maybe... 
though I doubt it... 
I will stop reaching... 
especially in the raw 
uncharted terrain 
where our hearts are pierced through 
with some unredeemable pain... 

I know I am being unfair... 
to want and to leave 
at the same time... 
that to be your friend
in this place is cruel, 
or maybe not... 
I can't tell... 

But offering friendship 
when I am the friend 
that broke your heart, 
our hearts... 
maybe this is the ultimate 
selfishness, maybe...
maybe I am being a ... 
bastard of a friend, 
illegitimate in the way 
that word once hung 
on tongues about others... 
maybe... just maybe 
I am a fool, too... 
on top of everything else...

© Valerie Bridgeman
February 13, 2013

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