Convenient Friendships

You take away pieces from others
gathering them in a wicker basket,
which you abandon at your discretion
in a dark alley miles away
from the person you took apart

You maintain yourself,
your lies, your deception
you treat others as if they
are your minions, instead of
your companions, and you
do nothing but hurt those around you

You are a chameleon
ever changing, never truly
seen, so hard to catch-
with a desire to catch you,
but I know it's best to let you go
for we do not reside in the same
habitat, nor can we find a niche together

You make time
only when you feel the need
to pick the minutes from your clock,
to waste them in your eyes
on someone you're not quite
in the right mood for

You only need, and never
ever even consider giving
yet you see yourself
as a mere victim in
all relationships that
you find yourself a part of

I allow them to behave in such a manner,
these people I have invested
years in my relationships with-
whom know so little in reality
about one another, and seem to
care, when it comes down to it,
not at all for each other

I can be as angry as I want to be,
but I've realized quite recently
that I really am to blame
for choosing these false friendships,
for surrounding myself with people
who use each other, abuse each other,
and are only around when it is convenient