Rejections Poem by Stephan van Pinksteren

Betrayal, rejections.
They are so a like.
They corrupt people,
Like infections.

Suddenly and unpredictable,
They strike you down.
Friendship is overrated,
It's unreliable.

One moment to save it
One moment to condemn it.
They don't know when,
Not even a little bit.

I know that they lied.
Why do people even care.
No one can outrun it.
I know, I tried,

Redemption, forgiveness.
I gave them all.
Betrayal, rejections.
That's the way they fall.