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Now My Foe

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Under heavy clouds, low and black.
You thrust that dagger into my back.
But you couldn't look me in the eye.
We used to be friends, the reason why.

The rain it pours, I wasn't prepared.
Revenge you've took, without a word.
On a lonely night, a wet Winter scene.
The cold air crackles with my scream.

Like a coward you crept up from behind.
Waited for that right moment to find. 
Your search now over, a task complete.
I knew one day our paths would meet.

Once my follower, you became my foe.
Now to Hell you send me, with each blow.
I won't be remembered by cross or stone.
As on this blood soaked hill, I die alone.

          

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◄ 'Again Again'!!

Happy Heavenly Birthday Mum ►

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Ghazala lari

Fri 10th Jun 2022 13:32

Et tu Brutus.

This is really sad. A friend turns foe, what a big loss.

Well penned!🌷

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Mike Bartram

Fri 10th Jun 2022 13:28

Thank you...somebody on a poetry site suggested writing a poem to accompany this picture, there are some wonderful submissions. So that's how this poem came about, my version of what I see in the picture!

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Stephen Gospage

Fri 10th Jun 2022 07:35

Chillingly good, Mike.

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