Closed Door (A Poem on Lost Friendships)

There are things

That you

Cannot begin

To understand.

Words of hate

You find so easy

To toss around.

Determined to

Crush everyone

In the path.

You think your hate

Gives you power

But all it does

Is make you

Look weak.

Now as I sit here

I find myself looking

Back

On a Friendship

That was always broken.

As much as I tried to care

I could not handle

The hate you

Spewed

Our like

Venom.

So I’ve done

What I should

Have long ago

Shut that door

I should have

Shut long ago.

Some friendships

Are beyond repair

Some doors need

To stay closed.

(C) Michelle R Kidwell

May.26.2020