Is holding a grudge worth it

The poem that stood out to me the most was "A Poison Tree." This poem is about how the speaker had a problem with his friend and approached his friend about it, told his friend what was bothering him, and in result they resolved the problem. However, he had another experience with a friend making him angry, besides this time he did not tell his friend what was bothering him and left it alone. However, instead of the problem just going away, it grew worse and worse and lead the speaker to hate this friend. This person that used to be referred to as his friend had now been known as his foe. In result, he ended up disliking this person so bad that he wished death upon him. I feel like everyone can relate to this poem in some kind of way. Sometimes when we are angry with our friends, we feel that the best way to go about it is just to leave it alone and hope that it goes away on its own. But more than likely, ignoring the issue and not approaching your friend about what is bothering you usually only makes the problem more extreme and the issue worse. Therefore, it is always important to confront your friends what made you angry or what they did to bother you, so you guys can talk it out and resolve the dilemma. Friends are too important in everyone's life to let something minor grow into something major just because you decided not to tell your friend what they did to upset you.