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Being Betrayed

August 18, 2026

you fear trust seeing that you can get hurt one might think they know you don't know the true feeling until you do some might feel lost sad angry maybe I felt as if walls were closing in I knew that if I put my arms out it would stop but part of me did not want it to I was broken you were not I felt like a puppy looking for food the food was gone vanished faster than it came there I was lost alone I thought about trust and realized trust cannot be trusted

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Personal betrayal and trust issues grounded in speaker's lived experience

Multiple ideas about fear, loss, and trust; meditative pacing with some density

Strongly negative: betrayal, abandonment, brokenness, existential despair

Quiet, introspective voice with restrained intensity; sparse punctuation creates stillness

Approximately 28 lines; falls in 16-30 range

Similes (puppy, closing walls); metaphors (broken, lost); some ornamentation mixed with plainness

Pure lyric introspection; first-person emotional excavation throughout

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jolynn garlockAug 20, 2026

feel free to tell me what you think about my poem and how it can be approved I would really appreciate it