Breaking Confidence

 
Breaking Confidence

I trusted in an old friend in some casual conversation
Understanding certain things are said in confidence
When I say “entre nous” I really mean it stays between us
It should be a pact to be honored with vigilance

And when I heard my words being echoed months later
From a different person and from a different city
I put the pieces to that puzzle when I made the connection
I felt betrayed and I all thought was “what a pity”

I felt hurt that the very thing I didn’t want to be divulged
Ran through the ears of the person I least wanted to know
But then that taught me a lesson about trust and loyalty
Knowing how to set boundaries and how far I could go

But that was decades ago and I moved on
I was able to forgive though I didn’t forget
My heart has many chambers of mysteries
And some will stay with me until my last sunset