Old Friends, New Enemies

Even the bonds of friendship Tend to wear away When faced with time And the strife of life

When we were young

We thought we would be

Inseparable

Best Friends For Life

One soul entwined together

Lasting through time

But as the distance grows between us

An unbridgeable gap

And we become unable to

Talk

Without feeling awkward and

Making up lies

Rushing past each other

I wonder if we were truly friends at all

We pretend that we don't notice

But as we grow older

And the gap grows larger

Fleeting glances in the hall

Turn into harsh glares

As we become enemies

Small smiles and empty promises

Turn into

Sneers and barely concealed threats

Pressured by a peers, frightened by our differences

The friendship we had is gone

And replaced with rivalry, hate, and jealously

But alone, just the two of us

Before the insults fly and wound us

Past recognition

We wonder if the other too, regrets

That we are getting farther apart

We wonder if they too,

Wish we could mend our broken

Friendship

But the wish becomes buried under

The insults we send to each other

And we realize, with startling clarity

That nothing lasts forever