Friend Or Foe Poem by hamid kareem

Friend Or Foe

Rating: 3.9


Friend or Foe?
This is the question I ask
As I look unto the world
Verily a Judas is come
It ate with me and plots my fall
Alas! How ungrateful that sounds
How “betrayous” that looks

In trust I poured out my mind
My secrets, my highs and lows
In glee he fed upon my soul
Taking glee in my weakness
As when the time came
He as a friend already knew my ways
He as a foe already plots my fall
As with a kiss on the cheek
He left me to drown in my foolishness
As still I ask ‘friend or foe? '

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Lacey Unknown 29 April 2008

I loved this poem. I really enjoyed the Biblical reference to the betrayal of Jesus by Judas! ~Lacey~

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Stephanie van Oudtshoorn 12 April 2008

Well written and in this one you have hit the nail on the head with the rythme. A couple of suggestions: In line 10 I would change 'on' to 'upon' as I think it would fit in better with the overall tone and language for the poem. In line 11 I would look for a word to replace 'happiness' as possibly this word is too plain when compared with the language of the rest of the poem. One last thing. The use of punctuation, especially the comma, could make your poems flow a little more smoothly - you may want to read it to yourself and add them where you pause whilst reading. Nice work.

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Bless Villena 28 March 2008

i can relate with the message of this poem...this was wrote very nicely

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Miss Aurora 28 March 2008

I can relate, nicely put. after you've vented out in poetry, ...now its time to get them back, haha! (only kidding, of course!) Hmmm...

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Linda Moore 16 January 2009

Great writing, true of life.....10

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Hades Pandemonium 03 October 2008

Sometimes the people who we trust most appear to be our enemies, and betrayal is always painful. Very nice piece: -)

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Jane 92 02 October 2008

i like this poem it really illustrates the confusion you feel when you are betrayed by a friend its just another great poem of yours keep it up hamid: D

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Serenity Prayer 12 August 2008

very interesting, in a good way. having a friend betray you isnt fun or good at all. it does hurt, especially when you let that person in, like in you said in your poem. great job. keep it up.

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Waqas Naeem 24 June 2008

Betrayal by a friend is a painful blow...you have completely portrayed the feeling here...good write...

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Souren Mondal 30 November 2015

Agreed. a good write.

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