Trust



Trust

There are times when I hate you,
Because of the pain you put me through.

There are times when I miss you,
When making love is way over due.

There are times when I envy you,
An uninhibited soul filled with lust.

But I always end up wondering,
How could you expect my trust.


Joe McLaughlin
06/06/05

About this poem

That destructive and near fatal relationship finally came to an end on February 14, 2002. She became furious with me because I wouldn't trust her. She left and when she came back the next day, I had to physically bite my tongue to keep my mouth from inviting her back into my life again (for the fourth time).

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Written on June 06, 2005

Submitted by JoseCanUC on September 21, 2023

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Scheme AA AA AB XB XX
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 308
Words 72
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2, 2

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Raised on a small farm outside of a small town in Texas, I was no stranger to work. It is this work ethic that has propelled my professional success but there is this other side of me. The side that deeply thinks about things. The side with an imagination and a desire to use my hands for more than just brute physical labor. more…

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