Broken Trust

You promised me safety, You promised me truth, But promises sound easy When they’re leaving your mouth.

I gave you the keys To the rooms in my mind, And every time I turned around Something sacred died.

So I threw away my phone, Let the silence take the tone. Smashed the screen, killed the light, Walked into the trees at night.

Broken trust, I know your name, You wear new faces, but you feel the same. I don’t need a voice, I don’t need a touch, I’m learning how to live without trust.

There’s a house in the forest Where no messages arrive, Just the wind at the window And the sound of being alive.

I wake up with the sparrows, I sleep beside the rain, The wild doesn’t promise It won’t bring me pain.

But a storm never lies About coming through, And a wolf never smiles The way people do.

So I threw away my phone, Let the silence take the tone. Smashed the screen, killed the light, Walked into the trees at night.

Broken trust, I know your name, You wear new faces, but you feel the same. I don’t need a voice, I don’t need a touch, I’m learning how to live without trust.

No more “I swear,” No more “believe me.” No more soft words Built to deceive me.

The river is honest, The branches are rough, And that is more mercy Than love without trust.

Now the stars know my address, And the moss knows where I sleep. I lost the world behind me, But at least the trees don’t cheat.

Broken trust, broken trust, I buried my heart where the roots grew up. No signal, no lies, no human touch, Just me and the wild — And that’s enough.