Broken Ties…

What do you do when your best friend leaves you in the lurch,
In spite of you making all efforts to get back?
What do you do when you are avoided like the plague
By the very person to whom you gave your soul?

You remember the days when you were teased playfully
When you shouted at your friend for doing so.
But you cannot deny that you secretly enjoyed it
and actually waited for the next time he would do so.

The conversations over dozens of cups of coffee
And innumerable meals makes you sit and wonder
What went so horribly wrong?
You sit back and cry, your heart broken asunder.

You blame yourself for everything
For the friendship that has gone sour.
You cannot believe all that is happening
Your faith in relations dwindling by the hour.

But then you realise your mistake,
Your mistake of being overly dependent on someone else.
You stand up and shake the dust off your shoulders,
Ready to face the world again.

You do miss your friend at times
When you see something familiar,
But now you just laugh to yourself
Those memories, close to your heart you hold.

Your friendship will stand the test of time
Since you have been true to your friend.
You ponder for a while and realise…
If he loses you, it’ll be your friend’s loss, not yours,
But next moment, you look back at the days gone by
And secretly pray that things could've been otherwise...