Premiere of Pony Poetry: an Amateur Anthology

Trust destroyed
Retribution deployed
Promises shattered
Faith battered

Loyal friends, advantage taken
Their belief in me shaken
How horribly they are wounded
Treasured bonds no longer sacred

The blade stabbed deep in their back
They never expected the attack
Countenance filled with utter shock
The pain in their eyes I have to block

This action taken out of need and desperation
There was no other path to bring restoration
Plotted and schemed 'till the moment was right
Glistening and glimmering my goal in sight

All that I want, here I did gain
All it cost was another's pain
And yet in my heart, I feel a strain
Out damned spot! This wretched stain!

Their eyes are haunting
This dread is now daunting
I now feel a hole
This crater in my soul

Did their friendship mean so little
Our bond defaced with spittle
Was gain thought so great
That their true gold be forsake

Treasure turns to tatters
I remember what truly matters
Nothing can truly replace
When in trouble together friends face

Head hung in shame
They know who's to blame
My steps I retrace
Once again at that place

My heart colored black
Will they dare take me back
Tears on my cheek
I can hardly speak

Suddenly I'm held and embraced
My composure lost all grace
They forgive not forget
At least till restitution is met

I'll never let go
These friends treasured so
I hope someday to repay
The outstanding kindness shown that day