Trust. Not. Poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar

Trust.
Not.
Anything somebody says,
To plant and keep inside your head.

Trust.
Not.
Anyone who comes to you,
With news they think you will approve.

Don't ride a lie,
Others drive.
To use you as their alibi,
To bring you down demoralized.

Don't scandalize,
Or compromise.
Or hide your eyes to try to hide,
From those who patronize their lives...
In lies.
To deny,
What they do.
Since it's you...
Who'll be used,
And screwed.

Trust.
Not.
Anything somebody says,
To plant and keep inside your head.

Trust.
Not.
Anyone who comes to you,
With news they think you will approve.
Just to see what you will do.
Like other folks they've trick and fooled,
Too.
And now it's you,
They wanna do.

Don't ride a lie,
Others drive.
To use you as their alibi,
To bring you down demoralized.
Refuse to be a fool,
And from them leave.

Ignore their pleas.
From them leave!
Leave them desperate.
And on their knees.

Trust.
Not.
Anything somebody says,
To plant and keep inside your head.

Trust.
Not.
Anyone who comes to you,
With news they think you will approve.

Like fools will do.