We shared skeletons
Hiding in closets.
Caring made them seem not so scary.
Rivers of trouble running through our lives
Never stopped us
Showing up
Putting up dams
Holding each other
More closely still.
Showing our scars didn't embarrass us
For we loved one another.
Intimate moments while
We picked up pieces of each others hearts
When splattered with lifes wounds
Made us stronger and better women.
Those unspoken packs of friends forever
Built securely within Gods hands.
So strong the bonds
No doubts did I have
Regarding stead fast true you
To God Mother my last born.
All hell broke loose.
The tragedy of horror stark in its loss;
My home simply wasn't anymore.
Everything dear
Lost in his Crack filled smoke.
Air so thick
I could not catch a breath.
Suffocating on deceit,
Drowning in a well of sorrow.
Looking for answers I thought of you,
My heart my friend
No questions asked
You who would have both heart and
Arms wide open
To hold me and tell me it would all be ok.
Somehow.
Instead,
You shuttered your doors
Secured your hatches.
No port was offered for my storm
And worse...
No words of explanation.
Our flower of friendship wilted
As if the Devil had breathed into your heart.
I pricked my finger on the thorn of your betrayal.
Salty tears won't stop the bleeding.