Love Poem: Ex Best Friend
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Written by: Adriane Harper

Ex Best Friend

I'm standing in the dark 
I've gotten use to not being seen 
I wonder if you hear me screaming your name 
Or if you notice that I'm slowly disappearing 
When it comes to you I wish my eyes to be 
Blind 
Maybe then I it would be easier to 
Believe your sweet lies 
Or actually make myself believe that 
In your eyes I'm the only one you see 
My lips have become numb 
So I sit quietly as if I'm dumb 
But I feel it through your touch 
I feel the resistance through your text 
Soon I'll be the ex best friend
Because things got a little complicated on my end
I'm sorry for the day I saw you for you 
Sorry for getting jealous when I realized 
You admired the anatomy of a woman
Sorry for the day I fell in love with you 
I know that wasn't part of the plan 
But you told me it would be ok 
That we could work through it and you wouldn't walk away 
But ever since then 
You look at me as if I'm poisonous 
Like a belladonna plant  
You don't wanna touch so you admire from afar  
We live in the same city 
And I still don't know where you are 
How can you be so close but yet fell so far away 
Are you that afraid of me 
Or are you afraid of the feelings I have 
Tell me what it is 
That is keeping you from being the friend I once knew you to be 
Do you want to be free of me 
Is the question I guess I wanna ask
But I'm afraid of what your response may be 
So I fake laughs as if everything is ok 
But I know deep inside that our friendship 
Is fading away 
I'm just waiting for the day 
So now I wait for the conversations
To get shorter 
For your attitude to start to change 
I wait for the texts to stop 
For the day you won't remember my name 
I know it's coming but right now 
I'll appreciate every moment I get to 
See you smile 
I'll hug you longer 
Because I never know if it will
Be the last time that we will be this close 
The worse kind of hurt 
Is the one you don't expect 
I thought at least if we were friends 
I wouldn't have to worry about neglect 
But I was wrong 
Friendships end to 
I just never thought that friend would be you