Being betrayed can be one of the worst feelings in the world. Knowing someone you love has wronged you and broken your trust is something that is hard to get over. Even worse is deliberately betraying someone you love and care about, whether that person is a friend, a family member, or a lover.
One unfortunate effect of betrayal is the feeling of guilt that accompanies it. If we are the ones who have been deceived we look for reasons why and eventually we might blame ourselves and carry the guilt with us. We tell ourselves it must have been our own fault, something we did wrong. And, if we are the ones being unfaithful, the guilt can eat at us and cause us to become angry and defensive. Guilt is the chain we shackle ourselves with.
Forgiveness is the only way we can ever remove those chains and free ourselves, even if the person we are giving freedom to is ourselves.
Poetry prompt:
At some point we have all experienced betrayal. Write about the experience, whether you were the one betrayed or the betrayer. How did it make you feel, and how did you move past it? Or did you? Alternately you may like to write about showing yourself or someone else mercy in the face of betrayal.
Word prompt:
betrayal
deception
dishonesty
duplicity
lying
Alternate word prompts:
forgiveness
mercy
grace
loyalty
honesty
Suggested Form:
For today, try a Palindrome, a type of mirrored poetry. For an extra challenge, work it so that the poem reads as betrayal one way and forgiveness once it is mirrored.
These are only suggestions and you may write in whatever form or subject you wish. And please visit three other participant sites and leave comments on their poems!
Song prompt:
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