Once My Closest Friend
Be it because you care I doubt with force
Still after you have changed which is my own
My inner thoughts escaped now off of course
You turned my days of sun quick into rain
It crashes down on hair upon my head
I lose my mind and think in total pain
Untrusting trusted wishing I was dead
But still I’m pulled to play in your cruel game
To hope this time you may have grown and changed
Absurd belief in you that sparks a flame
Of hope that you are some how not deranged
Again I have been bit by your flawed way
As well the snake that never I can slay
The Poem “Once My Closest Friend” by Cam Foster is a Sonnet The appears to be written about a friend he had. This poem is about the betrayal of a friend. They were toxic and tried to make up for it but their habits kept up and they betrayed him again.
This poem is a closed poem. It is in sonnet form. The rhyme scheme is abab cdcd efef gg. It also has a rhythm of iambic pentameter all the way through which must have been a difficult task. Some figurative language in this poem is symbolism for their good days being sunny and their bad days being rainy. They use the snake to symbolise betrayal. An understatement is when they say “play in your cruel game” he isnt actually talking about a game. He is talking about trying to be your friend is like playing a game.
The tone of this poem is a very bitter one about being betrayed by someone who was once close. This has a couple different examples of symbolism. There is the snake which is a symbol of betrayal. There is also the sparking flame which is to symbolise hope that they have changed. The theme of the poem is that someone that he was close to betrayed him and it shows he was never the same when he says “My inner thoughts escaped now off of course” . This person has ruined their trust in people it shows this when it says “untrusting trusted” This is saying that he is questioning people he used to trust.