Being Unfair to a Best Friend

                                                                                      Attribution: Jennifer Rensel

Image: Paintbrush and Colors  (here)

For 3WW with words:

Feisty  Meddlesome Stab 

For Poets United's Midweek Motif  -  Best friend

What is it of a best friend

Not all the time by your side

Though ever willing to give a helping hand

Extending empathy a shoulder to cry on

What is it of a best friend

Feisty little darling in good times

Meddlesome sometimes and an irritant

But a joy to be around with

What is it of a worst kind of best friend

Sneaking with a  Brutus’ ploy

To stab in the back

Or a Casssius’ stance

Of ever suspicious character

But one of a best friend

Who is more than all that!

Extending inspiration

Stroke by stroke in richness

Colorful in softness

Fulfillment of gaps and emptiness

An answer to writer’s block intruding

Just one waiting to be picked

Of various types and stature

Not answering back

Nor biting when angered

To be dipped and splashed freely

When required

Without nary of  objections

Ever willing

To capture my imaginations

In hues rich of color

Though often times

I was guilty of letting it alone

seething with neglect

My paint brushes

A best friend

Always by my side!

For Susan's hosting at Poets United and
For Thomg's hosting at 3WW