When you trust someone each time you give a little piece of yourself
something you can never get back even if they break the trust
sometimes it’s only a tiny piece and you think it won’t be missed
and others it’s huge chunks of yourself that can never be retrieved
There are those who you can give your trust to who will always keep it safe
they will never break it with lies or disloyalty they will be there for always
those are the ones that when you give a piece of yourself you don’t miss it so much
because they hold it in trust they hold it in love they hold it in truth
And then there are those to whom you give your trust who abuse it
they lie and use and twist and turn it until what you give them no longer exists
it becomes a hollow thing devoid of emotion lost forever in the abyss of their evil
never again will it be a part of you for it has become nothingness
Those you trust and those you learn cannot be trusted to each you have to give a piece
risk the losing of that part of yourself or find the reward in knowing you can trust them to keep it safe
those who break the pieces make it harder to reach out to those who don’t but one must always try
for in the end it is those who keep it safe who will be forever by your side
Deborah Horton Writing 