(And Other Such Mature Reactions) <br /> <br />Some souls may select their own society and close the door, <br />But most of us wind up alone when someone shuts the door in our face. <br />More often than not, we don't even know what the rejection's for, <br />What crime we've committed that makes us fall from grace. <br /> <br />So when I go out of my way to try and be your friend, <br />And you, point blank, tell me to stop pestering you, <br />It's enough to drive a person 'round the bend <br />To start wishing you'd get gangrene and be all full of festering goo. <br /> <br />Yes, rejection makes four-year-olds of us all. <br />Rejection for stupid reasons, even worse. <br />While pride, as they say, goeth before a fall, <br />Pride injured by other people's tripwires makes me want to curse. <br /> <br />So, your slight leaves me in all readiness <br />To say you're not such a great person that you've got friends to burn... <br />See! Pettiness begets pettiness. <br />Only maturity stops me giving you the verbal beatdown for which you so obviously yearn. <br /> <br />All I'll do is exhort you to reflect: <br />In the interest of goodwill, or karma, or whoever's keeping score, <br />It's not good to hold grudges for ten years and not tell the grudge-ee why the disrespect, <br />Lest someday you find your sorry, snubbing self on the wrong side of that slamming door.<br /><br />Heidi K. Haskell<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/i-didn-t-want-to-be-your-friend-anyway/
