bringing back the friendship

tell your frustrations
to cry out loud
anger, hurt and insecurity
telling exactly what you feel

making the first shift
offender or offended
setting up peace discussion
to setback only deepens bitterness
choosing the right time and place
not when either of you is weary and hasty

understand their approach
to listen in
feeling not facts
to begin not solutions
to listen in
unload emotionally
as patience comes from wisdom

confessing your part of the clash
admitting your own mistakes
invite an intermediary to lend a hand your own actions

to attack the trouble
not the individual

working together as much as possible
lessen the price tag of pride

to identify with understanding
not with promises
‘cause understanding focuses on the relationship
and promises focuses on the trouble

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-romel