POETRY: The Tale of Trust

  I have written of tales 

Of sadness and despair

Of pain and suffering

Of light and love and joy

And dancing

And lustful passion but never

Have I written of what it’s like

To be broken by the ones you trust and love

And who you’d hope would fight for you

Whose arms you thought would give warmth and solace 

And would shield from hurt

The ones they say stick closer than brothers

Nobody ever speaks of the shattering of heart, mind and soul

And every shard of being, minced

When they stick that spear in 

And grace your heart with pepper

The levels of pain inexplicable

As gone is both friend and trust

You open, vulnerable, splayed like

A lab rat for all to infer

Because you gave your heart to that one person