Love Letter to My Best Un-Friend,
Who's to say you're better than me? I see all your flaws. I've been watching you under a microscope. I've been watching you with a magnifying glass. Your flaws are so huge compared to mine. The flaws you think you see are tiny that no one else sees them. What you think are flaws are actually my strengths. The very things you see don't even come close to being a flaw. I don't claim to be holier than thou. I don't claim to be better off. I choose to accept myself as I am. I don't need your thoughts or opinions. They never really mattered to me. I once thought you were a friend. But I've realized the closer you try to get, I will only push you further away. All I need is pure innocent sincerity. All I ever needed was a hand to pick me up off the ground. All I ever needed was something real that needs no explanation. Sadly, you failed to see that. Sadly, you've concentrated on what you claim to be flaws. I try to ignore it but the pain within won't go away. I hope someday the pain will subside. I do know the scar will constantly remain. But I know this, no matter what you think or say about me, I don't hate you. I just feel sorry for you. I hope someday that you can see beyond the flaws. Not mine, but yours. Don't let the flaws blind your heart. I hope, most of all, someday we both will begin to heal.
Always in my heart,
Your Best Un-Friend
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Written August 15th, 2004
In a list
A contest entry
- Who Has The Best First Poem? by honorable mention.
1362 points, ended April 21, 2008, 16 entries
Honorable mention
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
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a couple misspellings but clearly a powerful and sad poem. thanks for entering and good luck
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Oh my! Thanks for pointing out my misspellings. I thought it was "flawless".
Thank you for the HM. 
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How sad ...
and how unfortunate for him, that he never knew.
Unfortunately, life is full of people who are parasites and who prey on the defenseless and the weak. (Everybody is defenseless and weak in some ways, and they search and search to find those weaknesses).
However, you will persevere and move on. There are many wonderful things yet to see and do, and I'm sure you will revel in them.
Happy Holidays.
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Thanks so much for your comments and kind words. It is very much a healing process for me. And yet, still after a few years it's taking awhile. But I know the end results will make the biggest difference in my life.
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This is very sad, heartbreaking. Those who prey on others are nothing less or more than parasites, and they leave a trail of pain and tears wherever they go.
I know this was very painful for you to write, but it's a good starting place. Your healing in under way, and you'll get there. Take it from one who knows, the pain will always be there, but it will be more bearable as you go along. God bless you, Sweetheart. You are a rose among women. Love and Hugs, Patricia
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Yes it is. The most painful thing ever was that he never knew. Will he ever? I don't know. I just have to keep remembering that it's between him and God now. I've done my part. I've pretty much forgiven him the day he inflicted the pain. Amazing how things work out.
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I'm glad you likes. This wasn't easy for me to write. One of my healing poems. I almost sent it to the "one" person. But timing wasn't right. And you're right, this could be a two parter. Never really know. I still heal and room to grow for more. Glad you got more from it than I ever did.
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Wow!
Painful piece.... hurts my mind- I feel terrible for the entire mess- which invariably means that this entire piece was awesome- cuz the reader is involved in the story... Makes the reader feel he is on the right side, the noble side, that only the reader knows who is the better of the two unfriends- and that the author id "holier than thou", more so because the author doesnt claim to be... You feel like finishing it once youve started... waiting for the outcome... waiting for histories to be revealed....
Amazig.
I loved the way you say... "But I know this, no matter what you think or say about me, I don't hate you. I just feel sorry for you." Makes you feel even more that the author is noble...
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