Remember Those Days We Cared Poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar

A trust busted does not mend.
Or heal the pieces to make them invisible.
The effect of it is forever remembered.
And those who say they forgive the act of it,
Do their nest to make attempts to forget.
But a betrayal that is blatant and intended,
Sits permanently to be revisited.

'Remember those days we cared for each other? '

I remember 'those' days.
But that day you thought it okay to lie on me,
Will never go away.

'I must have been out of my mind.'

Are you asking or is that a request for acceptance?

'I just wish I had made a better decision.'

You mean keeping what we had treasured protected,
Until you took that for granted to daily neglect it.
Or do you mean perceiving your thoughtlessness,
Turned me on each time your disrespect was expressed?
And I only became upset when that was regularly addressed.

'But...
What about us? '

US?
You busted that trust.
I had been into 'we' with a steadfast belief.
And you and 'me' as I now see to realize,
No longer exists to appear before my cleared eyes.