Loyalty Deferred
"You stand up for your teammates. Your loyalty is to them. You protect them through good and bad, because they’d do the same for you." Yogi Berra
"There is no friend as loyal as a book." Ernest Hemingway
Loyalty is a mirage
of expectations unfulfilled
broken visions of unity
shattered trust
and blurred lines.
Trust is a waste
of feelings and time
with everyone selling you out
taking the easy road
without a thought.
Convenient friendships
rule the world
of needs one-sided
support forgotten
or rather never given
decisions made
without a care or worry
of what others go through
or whose feelings are hurt.
Reality lies
within a sea of selfish desires
of immediate wants
where friendship and history fail to matter.