Farewell, "Friend"

Sometimes we have ""friends"" part of our life that are really just pollutants that must be removed.

Three years you claimed,

A life I wish I never had.

Mostly we were all laughs,

But the core was only bad

The first year we met,

I learned how you think,

The good year went too fast,

Gone before I could blink

I refuse to deny it,

That I loved you that year.

But I could hardly even say it,

Being ruled by my fear

The second year we grew,

Both in physic and in mind,

In sync you and I would live,

With you by me at all times

You started to change me

As the year went on,

And by the end of year two,

I knew I needed you gone

Year three, characterized by debris

From the daily wars we fought.

I tried to push you further away,

Some battles I won, but most I lost

I asked for advice from friends,

Some with the same issue at hand,

They told me to break it off,

If not now, as soon as I can

Thus I began my journey,

Of separating myself from you,

And although the fight was hard,

I came out broken, but brand new

Now you lie at my doorstep,

As I wave a relieved goodbye.

Looking back, this was a mistake,

But even so, I will still cry

Now I stand a free man,

Away from your addictive gaze

Whether alcohol or drugs,

I refuse you, for the rest of my days

Author's Note

I hope you caught the twist at the end.