Umbrellas

Friends are good for a lot of things, they are there for you when your heart is breaking, they build you up when you're feeling less than fabulous and they are great for a good time. However, one thing that is seldom mentioned in the "why friends rock" hand book is the fact that sometimes friends can be the most hurtful people of all.
You look at them as an umbrella to shield you from the shit storm that is life and you do the same for them. So when these people, these umbrellas starting dumping on you, for no apparent reason it is shocking, and hurtful. There will always be the occasional drop that falls from the edges of the umbrella, that may land on your skin but you know the umbrella doesn't mean to be hurtful so those drops roll off. Sometimes, however the umbrella just decides to fold up, its had enough and the shit storm that rains down truly sinks in. The hurt caused from that umbrella hurts more than anything else can. You know it'll all work out and so you decide to keep the umbrella that is you, up in hopes that the umbrella that is them will reopen itself.
Here's to silent battles, that will never be won between umbrellas that will in the end always stay open.