Lies spoken
B E T R A Y E D
stabbed and twisted till torn inside.
Ripped and yanked-
from a. A...
A...
reality?
We rooted for her
U N W A V E R I N G
all. This. Time.
It was all his F A U L T
hesitated we did, but didn't retort
we looked down and believed it.
Then came the W O R D S
and the L O O K S
and the W H I S P E R S.
Casually thrown at us.
Seeds were sown-
doubts were sprouted-
hearts turned-shaking heads-and-
disbelief in eyes, *breath* throbbing heart-and-dripping tears.
How was this...? Any of this...
True.
Now, from where I once stood.
I'm tripping.
Over
everything.
Everything and yet nothing
but the T R U T H.
~keli~
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Tripping Over Truth
PoetryHesitated we did, but didn't retort We looked down and believed it.