A friend is a person you should always trust.

Someone you can turn too.

They should never tell anyone what you discuss.

And they should always just be there for you.

But what if that person is not who they seem.

What if they have lied in the past.

Can they ever be a real part of your team?

Can you trust them with those secrets that are vast?

This is a story that explores that meaning.

If someone can really change.

It could just leave us all reeling.

From the secrets they feel are up for exchange.

“I want to leave my marriage behind.”

One friend said to the other.

“I feel like I am going out of my mind.”

She hoped this was a secret her friend would not uncover.

“We haven’t always seen eye to eye.”

She hoped this would bring them closer.

“But please don’t say that I am ready to say goodbye.”

All she hoped now was that woman would not expose her.

The woman sat and listened to her plea.

Knowing full well what she would do.

All while drinking her friends herbal tea.

She did try and see it from the woman’s point of view.

She left the house later that day.

She dialled a number on her phone.

She knew everything she had to say.

It turned out she had not grown.

“She is leaving him you know.”

“She told me she cannot stay.”

The woman walked slow

Spilling the secrets she learned today.

Her friend should have known and joined the dots.

Leopards never change their spots.