Real Friends

Random scribbling

How does it go? 

'Stupid is as stupid does.' 

Well now, is it not true then 

Friendship is as friendship does? 

And don't we hold that standard to apply to love? 

Did we not gasp at the sight of that football player 

punching his then-girlfriend into oblivion? 

Or did you feel warm'n tingly and say, "Wow, he must really love her." 

Okay, okay, I realize and take into account I'm a bit weird 

in comparison to what's normal in this world these days, 

but if I have to hit a woman I have issues on several levels, 

the first being, she is obviously not 'the one' 

The second issue for me would be, we were friends first. 

Possibly a best friend.

So as a friend, I could no longer stay with her or allow her 

to stay with me. I'm sick, or at the very least extremely insecure 

to the point that I need therapy. I'd be the man I wouldn't want 

anywhere near my sister. 

Of course, I am not such a man...but I have such a friend. 

She is miserable, unloved, on edge constantly, and frightened. 

She is lied to, cheated on, emotionally damaged and scared for life. 

And the rotten cherry on top, she is the provider outside the home 

and the maid and servant inside the home. 

I was her friend before I knew this. I saw her heart before her tears. 

She is talented and sweet but young to me and doesn't know 

of the strength women can have. 

She is my friend. 

And so I ask myself, what would a real friend do. 

Do I tell her to stick it out because marriage is sacred to me?  

Do I chastise her way of thinking because it is not like mine? 

Do I attempt to shame her around friends, pressure her into following the 

the path of the sheep in our circle of friends? 

or do I put her happiness, safety and well-being before my beliefs 

and tell her to run away...run like the wind...follow your heart 

for it's already gone. 

What kind of friends would we all be if we all put ourselves secondary 

and did what's best for those in need?  

I'd like to be the kind that listens first. 

You never know what a person has been through or the hell they could be in 

...now 

Author's Note

I like to think, Real friends don't let friends drive life's highways drunk.

Your thoughts are welcomed

Reviews

[Josie E. Cook M. A.]

Random thoughts on your subject of choice and with wonderful directions.

He says it is random scribbling, but I think it wonderful insight into a real Friendship!

[Antoñyo]

Baffling how this got more views than my poetry, yet you're the first review. LOL my first return to this poem, and I'd file it under 'People Don't Want To Be Lectured' if I actually wrote for the masses.
I THANK YOU for your time.

[Josie E. Cook M. A.]

"but if I have to hit a woman I have issues on several levels,

the first being, she is obviously not 'the one'

The second issue for me would be, we were friends first.

Possibly a best friend.

So as a friend, I could no longer stay with her or allow her

to stay with me. I'm sick, or at the very least extremely insecure

to the point that I need therapy. I'd be the man I wouldn't want

anywhere near my sister."--truly love this section! Says so much about you, and the fact that you are a honest, noble man.
It would be a great spoken Word poem live on stage with real emotion!
:)
PS--I have been that woman that stayed too long and got the fist over and over in the face.
I wish I had a friend to turn to when I was in that bad relationship, but all I had was a young daughter to protect and she saved my life in the middle of the night.
Thanks for sharing this!

[Antoñyo]

You're very welcome... It's a soft spot with me and not my only write on the subject.

[Josie E. Cook M. A.]

Yes, I subject I often write about. too.

[Josie E. Cook M. A.]

He says it is random scribbling, but I think it wonderful insight into a real Friendship!
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He says it is random scribbling, but I think it wonderful insight into a real Friendship!



You say it is random scribbling, but I think it wonderful insight into a real Friendship! Your title works well here and you have captured the essence of true real friends wonderfully well.

[Antoñyo]

LOL Yes, random thoughts on a real story.