Saturday, November 20, 2004

a poison tree..

A poison tree

I was angry with my friend:
I told my wrath, my wrath did end.
I was angry with my foe:
I told it not, my wrath did grow.
And I water'd it in fears,
Night & morning with my tears;
And I sunned it with smiles,
And with soft deceitful wiles.
And it grew both day and night,
Till it bore an apple bright;
And my foe beheld it shine,
And he knew that it was mine,
And into my garden stole
When the night had veil'd the pole:
In the morning glad I see
My foe outstretch'd beneath the tree.

I was surfing the net when i stumbled upon this excellent poem by William Blake. Really brilliant. How succintly he sums up the politics of "friendship".. Makes you wonder how many times have you been stabbed in the back and not know it, huh? Hmm..