Trust is tenuous and can be easily broken. It is at times hard to know who you can trust, as intentions are so easy to hide. Smiling lips can be used to cover deceitful lies. The perfect mask to hide a snake in waiting. Coiled and ready to strike. Their fangs injecting poisonous whispers or promises. You become so enthralled you fail to see all the harm they are causing you. Their hold loosens and you become aware. It is too late, the damage has already been done. Your mind and or emotions were toys for their entertainment. Both may be broken into thousands of pieces. They may have gotten close to others that know and or are friends with you. Their dark whispers make these people stare at you aghast in wonder. You draw inwards. No longer sure who to trust, who truly cares, who is truly reaching out to you with honest intentions. You are wary now, guarded, and always on the defense. Is allowing people close worth the risk? Trust is a gift. To those I am close to....Thank you for proving to me the risk was worth taking.
