Once A Trust Is Broken



Once A Trust Is Broken

Once a trust is broken there is no return.
An internal warning
says "watch the bridges burn."

Once a trust is broken there is no reform.
An internal warning
says "things are now lukewarm."

Once a trust is broken there is no recourse.
An internal warning
says "don't beat a dead horse."

Once a trust is broken there is no reward.
An internal warning
says "concede the discord."

Once a trust is broken there is no respect.
An internal warning
says "note the heart defect."

Once a trust is broken there is no repair.
An internal warning
says "always be beware."
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Submitted on May 01, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme x aBa cBc dBd eBe fBf gBg
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 563
Words 112
Stanzas 7
Stanza Lengths 1, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3

Wallace Dean LaBenne

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