Haven’t you felt that
Your trust abides
Only where there is
The all-pervasive presence of love?

To break another’s trust;
To belittle it…
Or to shame it
For not being enough–

Is to live without that presence
Without faith…
Enclosed within
Your misconceptions and self-obsession.

Love allows you to
Extend yourself
To trust that where there is love
There is truth.

Trust and love
Keep your heart open
Your perspective broad
And your thoughts kind

The gift of trust
Is love’s greatest reward
To have lost your trust
Is to have also lost love along the way.