This Friendship Has Sunk Poem by Francie Lynch

This Friendship Has Sunk

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I've a sinking friendship,
Torpedoed by the bullshit,
And listing.
The first mate mutinied.
Once a blood brother,
Like no other;
An intimate
At an imminent end,
An alter-ego
More than a friend.

I've been too patient,
Veered off course
With understanding.
I'm quite sure
This Pythias
Would run and leave me
Hanging.

I'm on a cliff
And won't hang on
To a blade of trust,
An unworthy pawn.
He had my back,
I turn,
He's gone.

This partisan must part
A homeless homeboy
From my heart.

Not a mainstay,
He's insecure,
His equivocations
Make lines blur,
I don't believe
Him anymore.

He really needs a soul-mate,
Classmate, playmate,
He's become a reprobate,
Lying prostate,
Lying up straight.
I'll drown my Boswell
In my inkwell;
No longer
An advocate.

The laughs have left,
Yes,
I'm bereft,
But I'll catch the wind.
My course is true.
This friendship
Can't be salvaged.
I won't sink
With you.

Tuesday, September 2, 2014
Topic(s) of this poem: friendship
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Francie Lynch

Francie Lynch

Monaghan, Ireland
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