Growing into Trust

A child trusts
No thought
No decision
Automatic and real

Clinging to parents
Hiding behind grandma’s skirt
Trusting that there is protection 
In a parent’s embrace, in grandma’s love

Stepping out into the world
Trust does not blossom so easily
Betrayal breaks any bonds 
Learning to be your own protector comes at great expense.

Expense of the heart and soul
Learning what trust means
Finding out that trust will always be easy
And just as easily broken

Trust is to be tempered ~ 
Tempered with discernment and kindness
Humanity has many ways and many needs
To trust that all will be in agreement is a dream…

“Trusting is hard. Knowing who to trust, even harder.”
~ Maria V. Snyder,  Poison Study