Poem - trust

[the_downtrodden]

how can one man
ever trust another?
when brother betrays brother
and a trusted friend's steel
finds its way into your back
for the empty bag of silver

how can one man
ever trust a woman?
when lovers betray eachother
and the purest love
is wielded as a weapon
with startling skill

how can one man
ever trust a child?
when sons betray fathers
and the trust freely given
is sold even freer
to the demons grown within

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trust is a dangerous game
that mortals dare to play
risking everything worth dying for
for everything worth living for

but, in the end
it's not what we've lost
or even what we've had
what matters most
is what we've built
with the tears we've shed
and the blood we've spillt

-K'Har-El