The loss of trust


“If your husband has deceived you with another,
you must break with him at once,
as you can never trust him any more.”
It is about the worst thing that could happen,
when your partner goes to bed with someone else,
and it’s the same concerning any sex.
The worst and the most difficult part
is actually the separation,
and many are reluctant to go through with it.
How necessary is it? It is not necessary,
but it is inevitable. Even if you don’t,
the damage is beyond repair,
the necessary trust is lost, all intimacy gone,
and the resulting wound will last forever.
Forgiveness does not help, it is a futile bandage,
you may practice noble tolerance and magnanimity,
but even that will only be an artificial remedy.
The only thing to do is to accept it and to let your partner go,
and although painful a release,
that operation will be the least painful.




Poetry by Christian Lanciai The PoetBay support member heart!
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Written on 2024-01-11 at 01:54

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Christian Lanciai The PoetBay support member heart!
Some people take sex seriously, others don't. Too bad for those who do, for they are bound to get hurt.
2024-01-11


Griffonner The PoetBay support member heart!
Your poem is bound to raise questions in the reader's mind. The major thing about such a happening is as you say the inevitable total loss of trust. When I was younger infidelity was pretty simple. Today it is complicated by what is now called emotional infidelity separate from the physical, and the means - with the myriad forms of communication available, are many. I agree with 'alarian' that people can have what are called open-marriages, but I myself would be unable to accept such a relationship even though I believe that absolute love in any form must be unconditional. I just have to accept that I haven't reached that level of understanding to be able to see myself practicing unconditional love towards a partner who betrayed me. Blessings, Allen
2024-01-11


alarian The PoetBay support member heart!
really, this is old school...I know people who had each of us sex apart when being "together" and finally got married
2024-01-11