A Letter to A Friend I Left Behind

Dearest,


Ours was a tragic story
of a pair not meant to be.
You were torn by two lovers;
your beloved but was afar,
and I, the ever so near but the unloved.
It was a risk that I gambled with my heart,
but you, a cheater, played me like a fool.
To be labeled as such, I refuse.
Thus, with a bow, I ended the game.

But lo and below,
childish fate entangled us on his web.
As the fool became the player
and the player became the fool.
You didn't want me to leave.
But I am not like you.
So as I said the first hello,
I shall also utter the first and final goodbye.

Just as how our friendship quickly sprung,
so as to how it also quickly withered.
But was it really friendship
or just a mere negotiation?


Forever not yours,
Karyll