CHAPTER V — FIRST BETRAYAL

The First Betrayal speaks to a rupture that arrives without consent — the moment when protection disappears and faith is tested. It is rooted in the silent grief of a son whose guardian angel is suddenly gone. A mother, once the embodiment of safety, guidance, and unconditional love, is no longer present. What remains is not absence alone, but a profound sense of betrayal by fate itself.

The composition reflects this internal fracture. Hope once placed in permanence gives way to disbelief. Love does not vanish — it transforms into confusion, anger, and longing. The painting does not depict loss as an ending, but as a break in trust with the world, where innocence dissolves and vulnerability is exposed.

This chapter holds grief without explanation. It does not seek acceptance, nor resolution. It exists in the space where the mind refuses to understand what the heart cannot accept — where love remains, but certainty is gone forever.

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