the twist of words

you believe, you trust,
you accept
as true what's said
as truth, until
the lies begin to leak
out.
the twisting
of words, that look away
tell.
the measured tale,
being formed
with anxious lips.
you believe and trust
until
deceived, and wronged,
then it's hard
to go back
and trust again, but
you try,
though blood once thicker
than water,
has begun to thin.