A Prayer

Do you see these lines between you and me?
How they separate us?
How they tear us apart?
How even the smallest slip up brings us to our knees?
Why oh why are they there?
These lines that torture us both?
That you would turn away from me,
and I would turn a deaf ear to you.
Our friendship is gone...
between us no more friendly growth.
I pray this is not what happens.