“Don’t lie to me”

You said, the first day we met

You looked so serious then

To me, at least

With your sticky fingers clutching mine

And your earnest brown eyes boring into mine

“I have too many people lying to me already”

All I wanted was to play freeze tag

But you held me in place

Until I promised

So I did, to appease you

I didn’t understand why you were asking

Of course I wouldn’t lie to you

Why would I?

It’s not until life kicked us where it hurt that I understood

It’s not until we were torn apart

By forces we didn’t try to control, that I understood

Lying became second nature for us

We lied so much, to each other, to our parents, our friends

We didn’t know what the truth was anymore

“Don’t lie to me”

You said, the first day we met

How was I supposed to know that the reason you said that

Was because you were already lying?