FATAL KISS

  
The trust I had in people 
Has been pulverized by deceit 
I have lost all hope in the friendship of mankind 
Truth has caused me pain beyond expression 
My loyalty and obedience rewarded with expulsion 

A career of two decades 
Was snuffed out like a candle in the wind
That which I loved, ravished by a trusted friend
My heart, mind and body, is weary of life's rewards 
How deep the wound of a trusted friend

All the words of Webster's dictionary 
Could not define the hurt inflicted and pain experienced 
By the lips of a friend and trusted confidant 
My life lays ruined, my future obscured by uncertainty 

I was accepted in the fold my enemies 
Deceived by their words of inclusion 
Embraced by the arms of destruction 
And kissed by the lips of the deceiver 
The one I called friend.

By
Wilford Barker.