Elijah Bun

11/1/15
Dr.Blair
Betrayal by Elijah Bun

You whom I once trusted

You whom I told all my secrets
These Lies
Rip Us
Apart

The first whom I trusted

and the last

Now we still talk

but while you go one way
I walk
the other
I was not the first

Who trusted
you
and you hurt

Elijah Bun
11/1/15
Dr.Blair

In my original poem Betrayal as referenced by the title it's about how one of my closest
friends betrayed my trust. I used many odd line breaks in the poem to create emphasis on
certain words as well as to not have a easy form. I also used repetition of the word trusted as I
hoped to make that the motif of the poem- trust and how the poems stanza are not standard. I
wrote this poem because the incident that inspired it is one of the most profound and recent
changes to me that has taken place this year. I feel that breaking off with this specific friend was
good for me as he was a toxic friend who was bringing me down from what I could accomplish
in my life. While it was a good change in all, I ended the poem with the word hurt because the
entire affair feels unfinished as we never discussed it face to face but rather just disconnected
from each other