Let Go

 I can't trust you,
I can’t seem to trust anyone.
They all have a gun holstered at the small of their backs,
ready for a quick draw attack.

But they don't walk the three steps like I do,
they cheat the game and go ahead and shoot,
me unaware and they don't care.

Unfair
is the name of their game,
bringers of pain.
Does no one out there still exist
that believes that when you say something,
anything,
mean it.
Believe it, breathe only the truth,
what's the use of language if it is used for deceit?

My cynical view on spoken words is at its greatest height,
the off chance that someone might be being honest
grows smaller in my minds eye.

Because people always lie,
they try to deceive you,
they try to manipulate,
bleed you
of your trust.

Leaving only heartbroken disgust and genuine anger
that tangles in your mind,
and then you start the climb
to try and trust someone again.
Foot holes up the cliff seem scarcer and scarcer.

At one point, don't you just let go?