FRIENDS

Friends for years
Seems like forever 
Was always fun
When we’re together. 

But laughter now
At my expense
Has lost its charm
Now makes me cringe.

Insecure
You have the need
To make me hurt
To watch me bleed.

I try too hard
You know I care
But you aren’t nice
And seldom fair. 

You start to laugh
When I speak
Cut me off
Embarrass me.

Kindness means
Nothing  to you
You ridicule 
The things I do. 

Always there
I do for you
At your command 
My servitude. 

But, ushered out 
When guests arrive
Not on the list 
I don’t know why. 

No PhD
Or Professorship
To brag about
Or to flirt with.

But things have changed
I see through you
Don’t like the things 
I see you do. 

Years have passed
And still I see
You have no true
Respect for me.

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