Dear White Lies I was told as a child,
though you came from the mouths of people I trusted the most, 
still I was betrayed by you. 
You came in the form of 
“I love you,” 
and “you’ll be okay,” 
and “I’ll never leave.” 
You were sharper than a knife and you twisted at my heart 
until finally it bled out onto a paper that would never be read by anyone else but you and I. 
I trashed a note that would make more of you enter into my brain 
and grow until finally you looked down upon me 
as if I were nothing more than a bug 
compared to you.