Should I betray you? I donβt think I can.
Giving up our friendship just to get a win?
They say friendship doesnβt last forever
But somehow I thought we would always be together.
Will I be the break of our long built friendship?
I always knew I sang better, I donβt mean to brag but I knew it once I opened my lips.
My dream, my life. My voice is all I can provide.
But I want you by my sideβ¦
Music brought us together
Will it divide usβ¦forever?
We made a promise, hoping our friendship will prevail.
βIf one of us fails, we both failβ
But why did I have to be chosen?
Why did I stand frozen,
when they asked me to choose between my friendship or my dream?
This question is probably easy to you it may seem.
But to me I am dying, my heart is hammering,
my face is covered in sweat.
This is like choosing life or death
I watch my friend sing her heart out
I hear her off tune notes
But I smile and nod as I give her a couple of my advice-ful quotes
I canβt tell her.
It will crush her.
But I should tell her, Iβm not a liar.
The hardest part was calling out your name.
You smiled, its such a shame.
I told you everything, and I watched your eyes fill
I waited for them to spill
but you wiped them away and just like that
She decided we should quit and my heart went flat.
I smiled as I felt the rock of guilt lift off my chest.
But I laid there blood slipping out my veins
We packed our clothes like every other said
you remained straight faced as my eyes were glossy red
Why did you have to have the same dream as me?
If only you were born with a tone as horrid, I would be free.
But such is reality,
the crusher of dreams.
β¦
You left somewhere, to a place unknown
Tell me, why arenβt you answering your phone?
I am not in the mood
but let me once again, go the extra measure for you.
The hallways are empty and cold
I pass a mirror, my eyes reveal bags underneath. I never thought Iβd leave here looking so old.
The only sound is my shoes squeaking the tiles
and murmurs coming from the room filled with files.
Why do I hear a familiar voice?
Why does that voice sound like yours, why does it rejoice?
We are leaving, our train leaves at five,
why are you talking to the judges with the world in your eyes.
Why are you hugging them with the biggest smile
We are leaving, our train leaves at five
My eyes are dull filled with death, why does yours look alive!
We are leaving, our train leaves at five!
If I die, you die. We were both supposed to die!
We are leaving, our train leaves at five!
No.
I am leaving, your life starts at five.
β¦
You come out of the room, judges surround you.
You look horrified. Ouu
You look like you want to apologize.
Small in size, eyes viciously hiding. Were you always like this?
I gave up this opportunity for our friendship
But now I find out you were given the same tip.
And you chose your dream.
Over me.
It sounds right but,
but let me once again, go the extra measure for you.
Well then, I guess I will be at home the next time I sing.
Embarrassing.
My head bounces as the train grooves
I havenβt made any moves
My eyes blink as I leave without you
I would have been proud of you.
If you hadnβt tricked me.
All I asked for was honesty
If you had told me you were chosen I would have willingly went home
but you tricked me with those tears.
Tears.
I wonder when you started thinking of this betrayal
When?
All your life.
I stuff my hands in my pockets, the sweater you gave me
A paper comes out with my hand
A note from you
An explanation? Lets hope you say whatβs true.
β¦
Letter from "Friend"
I knew.
I knew all along,
Whenever we sang our song.
You were too soft
But even being fragile comes with a cost
You were like a dove, white on the inside, innocent.
You made it easy, thinking of this plan didnβt cost me a cent.
I knew you were chosen with me, the judges couldnβt fool me.
Me? over you? Was a joke.
So I hid under my cloakβ¦
Waiting for you to spill.
You watched my forceful fake tears fill my eyes.
Thatβs all it took for you to take my lies.
Unlike you, I refuse to give up my dreams for you.
Friendship to me is a stepping stool to my dreams in the sky that shines blue
In other words. I used you.
Donβt misunderstand.
I love you, you have to understand.
I am not ashamed of crushing you to reach the top
I know your sad. Or mad, I wonβt tell you to stop.
Unlike you, I am not afraid of losing youβ¦
because there will always be anotherβ¦
another bestfriend. And we will be bestfriends βforeverβ
You see, Forever is an unforeseen future, an unforeseen end
Our forever has come, βfriendβ
While you chose me, I chose myself.
I must sound like a psycho.
But you know, Iβm not one to lie. Ohβ¦
Wait. Never mind.
Anyways. My future starts at five
This is Goodbye.
β¦
I close your letter,
I press my head against the seat feeling the day
You didnβt let personal feelings get in the way.
Although there is a better way to go about itβ¦than lying and tricking.
I am sighing.
Unlike me, you donβt settle in guilt
Your decisions are forced so your flower stands tall never wilting.
But your a rose,
you wrap around others with your thorns until their death is close.
You suck the life
so that you can reach the top.
Why not live in harmony?
If I didnβt get it then maybe it wasnβt for me in the first place.
I will handle this pain with grace.
These days I happen to rememberβ Do you remember our song?
The song we loved most of all?
Though you did me wrong
Here is our favorite song
I sing to you one last time.
I wish you blue birds in the spring.
To give you heart a song to sing..
And then a kiss but more than thisβ¦
I wish you love.
And in July a lemonade
To cool you in a leafy glade
I wish you health, and more than wealth,
I wish you love
My breaking heart and I agree
That you and I could never be
So, with my best, my very best
I set you free
I wish you shelter from the storm
A cozy fire to keep you warm
But most of all, when snowflakes fall
I wish you love.
For love is the only thing I can give you,
instead of hate, I will love.
To my bestfriend.
This is indeed the end.
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196 comments
describing a story in form of a poem, very creative. The writing style was very unique and it had an amazing feeling. You describe the cons and pros of friendship very well. Keep writing. Hope you check out my stories and give your valuable feedback on them.
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Thank you Radhika!! Of course I will!
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Hello! I really enjoy all of your stories that you have made and posted. You have a very unique and lively writing style that I really like. I like this story a lot because it is a story but also a poem! Thank you for sharing! From, Elora
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Hi Elora welcome to Reedsy- well official reedsy(since you didn't have an account before) Thank you sooooo much Elora!! Wow unique? Lively? thank youu! that means alot! Thank you for reading! And aw, are you really not gonna write?? I would love to read some of your stories!
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Your welcome! β€οΈ Nope, I am not going to write. I am not a very good writer and it just doesnβt come naturally to me
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Oh okay, alright!
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You should write Elora!
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Here are the things I loved: >The descriptions. >The rhythm. >How you used poetry to tell a story. >The song at the end. Here are some tips for next time: >When you talk about the bad friend and then switch to the good friend, maybe put the bad friend in italics. >Try focussing on one thing and developing that. Here, I don't understand the conflict too much. There are so many things going on that it's hard to catch up. >Put the song in italics. That way, it's easier to read ;) Nice job! I look forward to reading more of your wo...
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Thank you Avani! Also thanks for the feedback, someone else mentioned it was confusing how I switched the scenes. So I'll keep that in mind next time I write something like this. As well as the other points you made. Thank you!
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No problem! Glad I could help :)
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Love the story!!
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Thank you Rachel!
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I don't say this to a lot of writers, but that was beautiful! The wording, the feeling of actually being present, and generally the story/poem had a beautiful way about it. Oh, and when you write I can tell you 'own' it! You definitely have lots of talent! AubreyMariaβ
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Thank you soo much Aubrey!!!!
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OMG!!! Ugochi, that was totally awesome. L. O. V. E. D it. π You have done a wonderful job writing it. I am blown away by it. Hope you have a great day ahead and happy writing.
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Thank youuu so much Alina!!π I wish you the same! I'm gonna read your story immediately after I get on break! Thank you for reading!
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My pleasure! Thanks π Oh my gosh, thanks! Your welcome. I was checking if you uploaded a new story and I found this π I am glad I checked:]
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Girlllllllll, you hit the jackpot with this one for sure!!!! It told a story so well, even with it being in poem format!! I have trouble with that sometimes so I'm veryyyy impressed! Honestly, I feel like I should thank you for writing this lol because it is SO good!!! It was so heartfelt as well so great job!:)
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Thank you soo much Anna!! Thankyouthankyouthankyou!!
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No prob;)
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Hey, Ugochi!! Can you check out my bio? I created a quizzzz
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Alrighty!!
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yayyy
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Okay I am done! That was nice!
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HELLOOOOOO wow im rly excited for some random reason just wanted to say congrats for 3000 pointsss!! <3
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Hey! Thank you Amaya!!
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no problem!
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Wait who got you to 3000 it was supposed to be meeee. Wait WAS it me? Idek, congoooo :D
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I feel like it was Orenda! But you got me sooooo muchhh! Thank you sooo much Amany!
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before I leave your story (well, i don't what i'm doing here. I'm a sus now) must say your account looks pretty with 3k points. I wonder who did that? Hm..
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π²π²π²!!! WOWW! I feell like it was youuuuu! Thank youuu SO much Orenda!
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eh, it was me? Hmm... debatable.
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I really loved how the format of this story was poetry! And it also portrayed the fact that not everyone is who they seem to be. It was super awesome!
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Aw thank you Aisha!
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Woah! That was beautifully written and expressed! I absolutely loved it! Nothing hurts more than when you are willing to give up anything for someone and then realising that they wouldn't do the same for you. You really struck a chord, thank you for writing this!
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Thank youuu Mania!!!
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Heyyy
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Hey!
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How are ya?
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I'm doing good, the break was muchly needed.. How about you!
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I'm just a bit bored and tired
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I seeeee hopefully things get better!
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heyyy
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Heyy
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how are ya?
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I'm good, how about you?
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eh, just bored
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I seeee! So whats up?
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heyyy
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Heyyyyy!
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how are ya?
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I'm doing good! How are you?
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eh, i guess im fine
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Why do you "guess" your fine?
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I got a new story out ^^
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I got a new story out ^^
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Kay I'll go read it soon!
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alright thanks ^^
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heya
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Hey!
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how are ya?
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I'm good just have a lot of work to do. What about you? Whats up?
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i dunno, i guess im a bit better than usual ^^
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Ohh thats good thats good. Is there something that happened that caused that too happen?
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