She smiled. I smiled
I bought into the lies beyond her “smile”
For a moment.
Have mercy
On me for touching a lion
Disguised as cat
Have mercy on me for
Inhaling poison thinking it was perfume.
Today, Missy took off the facade
For a moment long enough
For me to see the lies once wrapped
In glittery “smiles”.
I said,
there goes my faded trust
there goes her faded “smiles”
there goes the faded glitter
of what she had me believe!
~Susan
Rhythm In Life 
Wow what powerful words. Loved the lion thinkin it was a cat, and the poison thinking it was perfume! God loves you!
Thank you. It’s hard at times when we are hurt so deep by the very people we have chosen to trust. It hurts real bad. I know God is good!
I am sorry for your hurting. You are right to be honest with God about everything. He wants His children to be able to come to Him… especially with their deepest hurts. Jesus knows the pain of betrayal. He cares about YOU, and everything little and big thing! He loves you! No matter what!
ouch, if only human connection was easier.
Yea. I don’t think it can ever be easier. We are all human and are bound to hurt one another in many different ways. It hurts deep though when we have been hurt.
Humans sometimes fail each other, intentionally or not…just keep on sharing God’s love and receiving His blessings!
Thank you very much Miss Dorissa. I have really had time to think through your words of encouragement and I thank you. I write when i am happy and the opposite is true but I know ultimately taking my all to God is what I ought to do. I fail at that many times. ❤
I fail at that, too, lots of times and then….when I remember…I run really really fast to the Lord!!! I am always so thankful for His kind mercies and gentle answers.
Excellent description of many encounters. Lovely writing about a distasteful subject.
As Hamlet said, “one may smile and smile and be a villain.”
Absolutely. I find it extremely heavy to smile on the outside when I am crying on the inside.
love the poem susan well done xox