I thought you were My Friend

for poetry contest December Wrapped refrain

The Wrapped Refrain, created by Jan Turner, consists of 2 or more stanzas of 6 lines each; Meter: 8,8,8,8,12,12 and Rhyme Scheme: a,a,b,b,c,c.

Refrain rule: In each stanza the first 4 syllables (or 4 single-syllable words) in the first line must be the last 4 syllables (or 4 single-syllable words) at the end of the last line. This is what wraps each stanza with a repeated refrain ...thus, the Wrapped Refrain.

I Thought You Were My Friend
By Lisa Noe

I feel like such the biggest fool
I gave you all, you broke the rule;
you took my trust destroyed my heart,
you tore my whole wide world apart.
I will never be able to trust you again
You stole from me when I thought that you were my friend.

My friend your not, I see that now,
you destroyed me I can't say how.
my heart is broken, tears are deep
you've taken from me peaceful sleep.
but I have my faith in a loving God so strong
and the knowledge that I myself did nothing wrong.



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