Loyalty

Who knew such a simple thing?

Could prove to be so consuming?

So easy to destroy

Disintegrates

Left without a trace

A challenge, this thing called loyalty

Where does yours lie?

 

Family?

A lover?

Friends?

 

Where does yours lay his mangy head to rest?

Loyalty

A fickle thing he is

Tricking you into believing

He is easy to possess

 

He does not speak of the tension between families

Nor the temporary placement of friends and lovers

He does not speak

Of how easy it is

To stab a winged one

While his great back is turned

 

But if such a being was easy to possess

Why would we strive toward it?

Why try and fail time and time again?

 

Attempting, apologizing groveling for forgiveness

For failed loyalty

Wishing for more fruitless chances

We all get them

But how many have we got

Till the all run out

Till trust is scarce

And lies run amuck

 

Define our lion

Our chance

Our privilege to be better than before

To prove ourselves

To be apart of the elite

Those who are trusted undeniably

 

Try, come, and join the loyal

I challenge you

Test me

Test my friend loyalty

 

 

Reviews

[Wildecat]

This is a well written poem, a definite pleasure to read your poetry.

[Rain]

I liked this alot. You deal with a fickle trait. You expose it. Clever bit of writing. Rain..

[THE BLACK SEAL]

this was warm and inviting. you did a nice job with this one, and surprised me. don't worry it was in a good way..lol

[Lucinda Bogart]

Loyalty feels at home with a familiar heart.