...No Longer Be Friends

“I hope you understand that we can no longer be friends”

At what point do you call it quits with a friend?

Do you remain in unequal friendships?

Do you have a certain number of

Discussions with your friend about a

Painful issue in the friendship before

You exit through the nearest door with

The intention to never return?

Do you rekindle a failed friendship

After several years have passed?

These are all questions that pass

Through my mind on a periodical basis because

I’m quite certain that the way

I handle friendship is NOT the best way

To secure constant and available

Companionship

I’m not a horrible friend, actually

I fancy myself a rather pleasant friend

(But we’d have to have my friends

Testify for that to be considered truth)

And I’m accepting and understanding

Of all sorts of misunderstandings and trivialities

But I draw the line at 

Blunt and flat out cruelty

Once I understand that I’m being

Treated disdainfully with

Conscious intent and design

I’m outro, gone, Audi-4000

And I’m out for good

I don’t accept apologies

But this isn’t necessarily loving

Or is it?

I beginning to feel like

There isn't a formula to follow

And that each situation has

To be evaluated

Without reference to prior experiences

I'm not quite sure

About this friendship thing

But I know one thing

Without a doubt

That the only friendship

That has ever mattered

And will ever matter

Is the one I have with

Myself