You said we'd always be friends, how stupid I was to believe,
Only when at uni, did your true character appear.
Unaware that you would change so much... I tried to keep in touch.
Another month would pass without any contact,
Remembering how we couldn't go a day, without having something to say,
Every morning I would come to your house and talk of stuff from the night before.
Always thinking that you'll make contact again, but you never do....
Lying to myself that you still care about our friendship.
Waiting for that annual Christmas gathering, the one opportunity we get to speak.
Always seems so awkward now, you are not who you used to be.
You got too friendly with another member of our group and I am pushed aside.
Silently tears fall down my face as I remember how we once were.
Only now do I see who you really are, ignoring me at social events
Never even saying sorry for missing our meeting.
Memories of our friendship is all I have now,
Years of trust and loyalty so easily forgotten in your eyes.
My best friend is who you were, now you're just a name.
Imagining how things would be if we were still so close,
Never could I have imagined that I would miss you, after you ignored me
Devotion obviously didn't mean a lot to you.
Author notes
My best friend in school never talks to me anymore and although I am happier without her, she was my best friend and at times I miss her... It's natural right!
A contest entry
- I'll Never Forget You... by Walking Oxymoron.
700 points, ended November 3, 2009, 11 entries
Bronze trophy winner
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
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I'll never forget you... name of the contest.
You are always on my mind...Acrostic.
Yeah, it's natural tio miss your best friend. Especially if you were close... which judging by this, you must have been.
It's interesting that the colour of the background to this is green too...
My friend and I have a significance with the colour green. Just...found it interesting is all...wondered if you had the same connection.
You said we'd always be friends,
Oh, God, I know that feeling. At school, I was desperate to retain contact with the 'crowd' I belonged to. And I honestly thought I would. And then, everyone went their own ways, and I heard nothing.
What I'm saying here is thatw as a really strong line to start with, I understand exactly what you were conveying with it.
Your O line, are you sure that at uni it was her 'true' character? Not just another side to the same?? You said before that it was because she got a boyfriend, right?
Surely, that happens with everyone... The boyfriend/partner is supposed to be the most important person in someone's life.
I guess that's what happened here...??
I loved your U line... the rhythm in it is awesome.
ARE is something else I can relate to...which is what I asked for in this contest... Something i could relate to. There was a time when an old friend and I always had something to talk about.
And now? Now we struggle. Sad how that happens.
Your third stanza is really sad. Crying over a lost friendship... although I do not pwermit myself to do that, perhaps that's ebcasue I remember the good things we did? And the peopel I have now?
I mean, it's easy to lose people you love now by holding on to poeople from before...
You may disagree...
By annual, I presume you get the opportunity this year to see her again?
Did you wonder if it would be a good idea to spend some time, just you two, and maybe...talk about it? Perhaps it'll help you...
You will either bond again, or you'll be able to let her go.
Years of trust and loyalty so easily forgotten in your eyes.
That was another hard hitting line.
In my own personal opinion... true friendship should never be easily forgotten... I do not mean to make you feel bad, or degrade this girl I do not know, but my friends? I do not forget. Perhaps I am bitter about the breakdown of friendships that I deemed so important, but I do not forget, and I do not denounce. I believe that they should not either.
(Did that make any sense??)
The last stanza was sad too...
Still missing this girl. This name... Wondering what life would be like if you hadn't met new people.. if she hadn't met new people...If you guys were still really close.
Perhaps it's a waste of life imagining what could have been...
But I guess that doesn't stop us doing it, does it...?
I could feel the sadness in this write, and to a degree, I relate...
I guess what I hope for you is that you can work out what you really want, and work on getting it.
You say in your authors notes that you are happier without her... but your poem does notreflect that. I believe you miss her a lot more than you let on,...
I hope for closure, so you know, one way or another, what your heart feels, and what your head wants.
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"My friend and I have a significance with the colour green. Just...found it interesting is all...wondered if you had the same connection." - No connection I just like the colour....
"Your O line, are you sure that at uni it was her 'true' character? Not just another side to the same?? You said before that it was because she got a boyfriend, right?
Surely, that happens with everyone... The boyfriend/partner is supposed to be the most important person in someone's life.
I guess that's what happened here...??" - It was her boyfriend that changed her but she met her boyfriend at uni and so i guess they are combined.
" Crying over a lost friendship... although I do not pwermit myself to do that, perhaps that's ebcasue I remember the good things we did? And the peopel I have now?" - I have not cried about it but I guess because of her attitude and behaviour towards me I have accepted that our friendship perhaps was not as important to her as it was to me, which I agree is sad but I guess thats just the way it goes. You have to remember that I knew her for 6 years and during at least the first half of those times I was a really naive child and so I guess I put more emphasis on our friendship. Cindy always acted beyond her years and maybe she saw me as the Naive child, knowing full well that I would miss her if she left me... and at first I did miss her, but I look at what I have now and although I haven't known as long as I knew her, I feel that we have more of a bond and that you genuinely understand and care about me. And I am really grateful.
I don't want to talk about this with her... she wouldn't understand why I wanted to sort out something that she thinks is sorted... These annual meetings are usually Christmas and although it is great to catch up with everyone I always end up having a really rubbish time as I am reminded of how things were and she rubs it in my face by hanging around with another girl who is a really bad influence on her.
I agree with what you said about true friendship not being forgotten so easily, and yes although at times I do wish her and I were still close, I don't think it would be much fun. I have a loyalty to my friends that have stuck by me through thick and thin to be 100% committed to them and hopefully that is what I am doing.
My author notes says I am happier without her and as I have said before I do miss how we once were, I have so much more going for me now, and T that's all down to you. Look at how far we have come together, we live in our own flat and are once again going to Paris! If I wasn't ignored by Cindy then I may not have even noticed you.... and that would have been horrid... I can't imagine life without you now... it would be so dull...!
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awww this is a Great acrostic and I can see such saddness through this!
My favorite line has got to be ;
My best friend is who you were, now you're just a name
You have spoken with such truth and hurt here and I can see why it is maybe hard to get close to another!
I really think you are better of without this person though, I know how much it hurts to feel you are losing someone special and I hope to god that I don't lose the friend that I think I am losing currently... Goodluck in the contest hun
xx DD
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