A Betrayal of Trust

You were supposed to be a safe place,

A pillar I could lean on

When the world felt too heavy.

But instead, you took my vulnerability,

Twisted it,

Turned it into something I can’t escape.

I wasn’t myself—

High, lost, searching for something,

Anything to dull the ache inside.

But you didn’t see a person who needed help.

You saw an opening.

A moment to take what you wanted

And leave me with the pieces.

I trusted you.

You were family,

The kind of person who should protect,

Not destroy.

But your hands became the weight

I still carry,

A shadow I can’t shake,

No matter how far I run.

And now, you’re gone.

Your death closed the door

To every question I never got to ask,

Every scream I never got to release.

Do you know the weight you left behind?

Do you feel the echoes of the silence

You forced on me?

They say healing comes with time,

But how do you heal from betrayal

When the answers died with the one

Who shattered you?

How do you grieve the death of a man

Who stole your safety,

But left you with his ghost?

I’m trying to find my way back,

To myself,

To a version of me that feels whole,

Unafraid.

But the road is long,

And the echoes of that night follow me.

Still, I endure.

Because the story doesn’t end with you.

It begins with me

Taking back what you tried to steal—

My power, my voice,

My right to be free.

Healing starts with the small step of asking for help!

HaperWildePoetry 🌿