Fortunate Friendships

Anyone fortunate to have established,
Long lasting and trusted friendships.
Will know them to have begun,
Becoming offended.
By a truth to speak it.
With an honesty that began,
Coming to hear.
Not to welcome it done.

A true friend could care less,
About pretensions kept to address them.
Or impressions to make,
To hide what is faked.

And this to realize in time,
Begins to open a closed stubborn mind.
To believe someone intentionally,
Is determined to express...
Their opinionated negativity.
A negativity never there.
Until one awakens aware,
That only another who shares...
Honesty and truth,
Can be relied upon to do it.
Regardless who chooses to refuse,
Hiding behind excuses, moods.
And childish attitudes.

'I hope you can forgive,
My disrespect shown to you!'

'When?'

'When I told you to mind,
Your (*expletive) business.
And then you walked away to say,
Okay. Have it 'your' way.
To leave with nothing more to me said.
That done to me stayed on my mind.'

'I knew it would.'

'How could you?
Other people would have argued.
Other would have told me what to kiss.
Give me the finger.
And left me quick.'

'I'm not other people.
I'm that friend,
You obviously have not had.
And...
I was hoping you would be offended.
And happy to me you apologized.
Even though it took you long enough,
To realize...
I am your friend.
Not your 'foe'.
And...
For whatever the reason is,
Those people who talk about others.
Including you they talk about,
Behind your back to laugh in your face.
You believe are your friends.'

'What are you saying?
Who are they then?'

'Not your friends!