Expect Nothing in Return

If reality is a good teacher, sometimes I wonder why it is difficult for me to learn.
I should really laugh at my own folly.

Trust apparently is an outdated word.
Today's motto should be "Trust, but expect those that you do will let you down"
It has been proven true one too many times.

Sincerity is just as obsolete.
Offer help and the motives get questioned.
No one does good without a hidden agenda?

Just maybe...maybe people have been hurt too many times to put a premium on values.
I should not complain. After all, if I claim that I expect nothing in return, I should not feel pain, fear or frustration.

Dear you,
I am upset. I am angered.
But more with myself, rather than you.
...for allowing your actions, to make me lose faith in people.

I should not expect anything in return, I cannot, and will not.
I am no longer of any relevance.