When Trust Is Gone

Aug 01, 2026

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When trust is gone,
it does not soon return,
if ever.

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Suspicions rise,
and nothing is assumed
to be right.

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The slightest moves
are questioned at each step,
and clever

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sayings shadow
misdeeds, undiscovered
in the night.

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You made the change,
masked your ways, remanded
to your fate,

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lost and estranged, 
betrayed your dreams and mine.
Will you do

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it all again,
as we refuse to know
or listen

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to the doubting
voices in our heads that
told us so.

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When trust is gone,
then nothing much remains
un-stolen.

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