Letter to My Ex-Friend
Things are better now.
Not better in the way of solved,
more like modifying your expectations
so that you don’t end up angry.
I’m sorry that I was angry.
The pills weren’t doing enough
in the wrong combination
to work. I now have
a direct line to my psychologist
and can get refills by text.
I’m sorry that nothing else changed.
I still wear T-shirts, still
work the same job, the same
fast food restaurants for lunch,
the same wife to come home to.
I’m sorry that I’m still angry.
That you and I used to be friends
but aren’t anymore. That you changed
and I didn’t grow right with you.
That when I opened up to you,
you ran. I’m sorry that I dumped
all that on you, but you were
my friend, and who are you supposed
to tell these things to?
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Beautiful poem, Geoff. Sobering and vulnerable.
I am sorry you lost a friend, but I love how this poem is crafted and feels so honest.