We Trusted Too Much

Some days were harder than the rest,
And it wasn’t because we stopped hoping,
Or even fighting for a better tomorrow.
They were harder,
Because those that we were fighting,
Our enemies that we hated so much,
They were never beyond our walls.

Instead,
They were among us,
Smiling with us,
Telling us beautiful lies,
That we had easily bought into.
Maybe that was when we all learned,
That trust was special,
But what was special about it,
Was that we had been fooled.

They had come with us,
Crossed the rivers with us,
And yet each time,
They were punching holes,
In the boat we shared with them,
While we laughed with them.
They may have been our most trusted,
The people we believed,
Would never sell us out,
Or even break out hearts.

We trusted too much,
Ad that was the worst mistake we made,
Because sitting there under the storm,
With them apologizing profusely,
Like it was Kumbaya time,
We couldn’t help it really,
But wish they were ashes,
So, the wind and the seas,
Could determine their directions.

On that same day,
We lost our trusted ones,
We also lost the love,
That we had invested in them,
And frankly,
It hurt so bad,
Just having their memories,
And no power to erase those memories.