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Friendship Drama

Should I betray you? I don’t think I can.

Giving up our friendship just to get a win?

They say friendship doesn’t 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 don’t 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 side…

Music brought us together

Will it divide us…forever?

We made a promise, hoping our friendship will prevail.

β€œIf one of us fails, we both fail”

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 can’t tell her.

It will crush her.

But I should tell her, I’m 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.

…

You left somewhere, to a place unknown

Tell me, why aren’t 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 I’d 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.

…

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 haven’t made any moves

My eyes blink as I leave without you

I would have been proud of you.

If you hadn’t 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 what’s true.

…

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 didn’t cost me a cent.

I knew you were chosen with me, the judges couldn’t fool me.

Me? over you? Was a joke.

So I hid under my cloak…

Waiting for you to spill.

You watched my forceful fake tears fill my eyes.

That’s 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.

Don’t 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 won’t tell you to stop.

Unlike you, I am not afraid of losing you…

because there will always be another…

another bestfriend. And we will be bestfriends β€œforever”

You see, Forever is an unforeseen future, an unforeseen end

Our forever has come, β€œfriend”

While you chose me, I chose myself.

I must sound like a psycho.

But you know, I’m not one to lie. Oh…

Wait. Never mind.

Anyways. My future starts at five

This is Goodbye.

…

I close your letter,

I press my head against the seat feeling the day

You didn’t let personal feelings get in the way.

Although there is a better way to go about it…than lying and tricking.

I am sighing.

Unlike me, you don’t 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 didn’t get it then maybe it wasn’t for me in the first place.

I will handle this pain with grace.

These days I happen to remember– 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 this…

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.


November 07, 2020 05:01

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196 comments

Radhika Diksha
07:25 Nov 24, 2020

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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Elora Genovia
21:37 Nov 23, 2020

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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Elora Genovia
23:47 Nov 23, 2020

Your welcome! ❀️ Nope, I am not going to write. I am not a very good writer and it just doesn’t come naturally to me

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Oh okay, alright!

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22:35 Nov 29, 2020

You should write Elora!

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Avani G
18:19 Nov 23, 2020

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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Avani G
18:34 Nov 23, 2020

No problem! Glad I could help :)

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Echo Sundar
18:14 Nov 23, 2020

Love the story!!

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Thank you Rachel!

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15:20 Nov 23, 2020

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! AubreyMaria✌

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Thank you soo much Aubrey!!!!

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ALINA Manha
22:45 Nov 20, 2020

OMG!!! Ugochi, that was totally awesome. L. O. V. E. D it. 😍 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!!😊 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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ALINA Manha
15:27 Nov 21, 2020

My pleasure! Thanks 😁 Oh my gosh, thanks! Your welcome. I was checking if you uploaded a new story and I found this πŸ˜ƒ I am glad I checked:]

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Anna Mosqueda
22:38 Nov 18, 2020

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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Anna Mosqueda
12:41 Nov 19, 2020

No prob;)

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Hey, Ugochi!! Can you check out my bio? I created a quizzzz

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Okay I am done! That was nice!

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Amaya .
18:22 Nov 16, 2020

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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Amaya .
21:07 Nov 16, 2020

no problem!

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Amany Sayed
18:01 Nov 16, 2020

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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Orenda .
17:55 Nov 16, 2020

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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😲😲😲!!! WOWW! I feell like it was youuuuu! Thank youuu SO much Orenda!

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Orenda .
18:23 Nov 16, 2020

eh, it was me? Hmm... debatable.

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Aisha H.
17:54 Nov 16, 2020

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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Writer Maniac
14:08 Dec 04, 2020

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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B. W.
21:18 Nov 29, 2020

Heyyy

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B. W.
22:34 Nov 29, 2020

How are ya?

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I'm doing good, the break was muchly needed.. How about you!

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B. W.
01:00 Nov 30, 2020

I'm just a bit bored and tired

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I seeeee hopefully things get better!

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B. W.
00:59 Nov 25, 2020

heyyy

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B. W.
01:38 Nov 25, 2020

how are ya?

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I'm good, how about you?

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B. W.
02:15 Nov 25, 2020

eh, just bored

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I seeee! So whats up?

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B. W.
05:07 Nov 15, 2020

heyyy

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B. W.
05:13 Nov 15, 2020

how are ya?

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I'm doing good! How are you?

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B. W.
05:18 Nov 15, 2020

eh, i guess im fine

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Why do you "guess" your fine?

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B. W.
21:56 Dec 11, 2020

I got a new story out ^^

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B. W.
05:35 Dec 01, 2020

I got a new story out ^^

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Kay I'll go read it soon!

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B. W.
06:28 Dec 01, 2020

alright thanks ^^

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B. W.
22:29 Nov 19, 2020

heya

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B. W.
05:36 Nov 20, 2020

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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B. W.
05:57 Nov 20, 2020

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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