It starts off easy,
As easy as the air i breathe

It starts off meaningful,
As meaningful as our very existence

It starts off with a light flirtation,
As light as feather
Caressing my suddenly warm cheeks

More than just
Hey's and hello's are exchanged
Every now and then

So long as ,
Stealthy feelings don't catch up to me
I would do just fine

So long as,
I don't have to spar with my mind
Or accidentally say things unkind
I would do just fine

A fragile friendship ,
Boldly bonds us
Excitedly enlivens
Our dampened spirits

The sweet words i say
I mean them, okay?
Yes, I don't always pray
To the gods above
Or sit quietly at an alcove

This frail friendship,
Upon which rests my beating heart
Is often incapacitated
By the deadly distance
That grows murderously angrier

Why is it that sometimes
We just have nothing to say
Our hey's and hello's
Start to sound bland
Even to our eager ears

Why is that sometimes
The only thing that holds us
Are the true lies
That explicitly endanger
Our bestial, often carnal talks

Why is that sometimes
The ones that we thought
Were close to us
Become heart wrenchingly glacial
A few worthless words uttered,
And I lay my invisible lance down
My immobile expressions convey
Defeat, the greatest defeat!
For all to see
But the game has just begun!
For I know I shall be the one
To solemnly savour,
The bloody metallic taste of victory
In the end

One, two, three...
I could no longer see
How friends are any different...
From foes
After all this time!
I have been
Jousting with jerks