百花圃 / 2023 Creative Writing Award
JUNIOR ONE, FIRST PLACE / Poem
A Friend's Betrayal
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. ■