::- PRETENDANCE -::

You used to pretend
To be my friend;
I knew it well.
I pretended too
To show I believed it true.
Long time have passed now,
And I too
Have become like you.

I abused myself,
Yes, I did.
For being dishonest
To the one who called me friend;
Though only out of pretendance.

Alas!! Never did I get sad,
Enough I did blame,
And this pretendance of friendship
By both of us,
Turned into an interesting game.

Am still pretending
To be your friend,
And you haven't changed yet;
Even in the long summers that went.
And the only change I see
That has taken place is
We are addicted enough
To realize that
It's still a pretendance.

By-Vinod

--
regards: Vinod Jadhav