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Trust

fragile

By Harper LewisPublished 9 days ago 1 min read
From the Charlotte Mint Museum permanent collection

Trust is a fragile, delicate thing,

easily broken,

more easily shattered,

the shrapnel goes through

a metamorphosis, becomes

a catalyst in the chemical reaction

between hearts and minds,

turning love

into hate.

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About the Creator

Harper Lewis

I'm a weirdo nerd who’s extremely subversive. I like rocks, incense, and all kinds of witchy stuff. Intrusive rhyme bothers me.

I’m known as Dena Brown to the revenuers and pollsters.

MA English literature, College of Charleston

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  • Diani Alvarenga8 days ago

    So true!

  • Milan Milic9 days ago

    Once fractured, it never quite fits the same again.

  • Tanya Lei9 days ago

    So easy to lose it, very difficult to regain

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