百花圃 / 2023 Creative Writing Award

JUNIOR ONE, FIRST PLACE / Poem

A Friend's Betrayal

Tan Jia Ming (J1 Canberra) 2023109

A betrayal of a friend, 

isn’t what you think. 

It can be harmful, 

And it can be suffering. 

A betrayal of a friend, 

is more disappointing than what you think. You lose your trust on him, 

And back to becoming strangers. 

A betrayal of a friend, 

is the saddest of them all. 

Your friendship is forever broken, and depression will take over your heart. 

A betrayal of a friend, 

is like an endless loop of suffering, an endless loop of depression. 

Your life without a friend won’t be the same, forever. ■