SOMETIMES IN LIFE there is

BETRAYAL

There were the little things

First, I shook them off

Imagination, over-reaction, unintentional

Surely I misunderstood.

Then

It became so unreal day after day

The cruel mind games, the lies

How could this be?  Where were my friends?

Surely I misunderstood.

Painful humiliation endured alone

I couldn't believe why no one could see

Why no one cared

Surely I misunderstood.

After all the years, the giving, the caring

I had no strength to defend myself

I couldn't believe you wanted me gone

But surely I misunderstood.

I wasn't ready to go yet

It hurt so bad

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(c) Bev Caligaris, 2010

All rights reserved

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