I will pay quickly
I will end my connection
and walk away
I will not be involved
anymore

I have paid dearly
for my blindness, for my
neglect to heed the subtle signs
But the price, perhaps,
is not that bad

Perhaps in this failure to find trust
I have learned to place it
on sounder ground —
Perhaps in this severance
of dubious dependence
I build a firmer trust
within myself.

©Wendy Mulhern
February 19, 2015