Fish On A Fishing Hook

Dear Friend,

            I want you to know how much you mean to me

                        You run to my rescue

            When I am down and no one can see

                        However there is one flaw to you, dear friend

            It’s the fact that your personality can change at a moments end

One day you will call me needing me to pay you time

            But others you ignore me like I was some fish at the end of the fishing line

                        I get you have a life

            And I do too

                        However why do I keep running back

            When I know I mean nothing to you

                        Because here’s the truth dear friend

            If I really did matter

            If I really was worth the time

            If I really was your best friend

                        Why would you put my heart out on the line

Why would you keep sending me false hope

            For a sister

            For a friend

When I know you’ll just turn your back again

                        And ill just be trying to cope

            With the loss of my friend once again

                        But I meant nothing to you my dear friend

            Except for a distraction when you and your boyfriend were nearing an end.

So you might ask why I continue to suffer through the pain

            And through the hurt

                        And through the vein

            Well here’s the truth. Dear Friend

                        I’m still here because you mean the world to me

            And whether you feel the same or not

                        Continues to baffle me

And so here I am torn between two sides

            Whether I should stay with you

                        Or if I should hide

                                    But getting rid of you is not as easy as it looks

                        Due to all the time I spent being the fish on your hook

            You played me

            You hurt me

            You saved me

            You needed me

                        But through all of this I failed to see

                                    How all of my problems were do to thee

            Because here is a reality check dear friend

                        You can lie

                        You can cheat

                        And you can play

            However once you play with the fish on the line

            You may be surprised to see

                        Wings appear on the back of the fish

            Setting it free from its hurt and misery.

                                    -Landry