Mandy is a 26 year old spoken word artist living in Edinburgh, who's work explores growth, rebirth and the complex experiences of life. The poem "Betrayal" came after a difficult personal experience, and Mandy communicates that "betrayal comes in many forms and doses but feelings are universal."
Betrayal
I built you a small dwelling
And called it a hut
Best believe
I used the best material
I could find
They say the best huts are ones with patterns
So I painted the patterns and gave it
Personality
But isn’t it funny!
That even with the best material
A beautiful dwelling can be vandalised?
And in the end
The hut finds itself hosting hurting hearts!
When I tell you
Some people don’t deserve nice things?
The last time I met betrayal,
I took notes through words and wished I could paint
So I could depict exactly
What I saw.
Betrayal is truly
The face of a friend lacking integrity
You never see it coming
Not from them anyway!
After all
You shared trust
In abundance
Planted flowers
You both wanted to see bloom
But we are now flowers
Definitely
Meant for different gardens
Mandy Rhytes
Mandy began to explore writing after finding it to be the best form of expression. It has assisted in taking complex feelings and simplifying them to make them more acceptable personally and for others. They also find a feeling of validation when people relate to their words and emotion. Mandy comments, "I have found that there is so much joy in living through words."
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