beyond the stoic

trust has always been the default.

we trust that our loved ones
will take our feelings into consideration,
acting in love, not in careless abandonment of the moment
just for the fun of it

i don't need reasons to trust.
but, i need reasons to not distrust.

because when time and again it proves otherwise,
it's hard to give benefits of doubt,
it's hard to open up,
to piece back what was once there


sometimes i really wonder, how much of the Word we are really living out