Wednesday, May 10, 2023

The Worst Thing I Ever Did


The worst thing I ever did 

was to think that I could solve someone else’s misery 

In terrible hubris 

I waded into her life

a life I myself had brought forth

I tried to change things

I tried to change her


The worst thing I ever did 

was to rearrange her deck furniture 

you know exactly what I am referencing 

She is angry I shoved her into a lifeboat


The worst thing I ever did 

was to blame the iceberg

or was it to board that ship at all


How do we end this 

I have asked many times

yet the ship sailed long ago

her ruins lie in the deeps 

what was is over

in real life

yet will never be ended 

as long as the stories go on

regrets and their half lives

attach like burrs


The worst thing I ever did

was the last walk I took

along that hazardous path

as if anything that is over

could be undone. 

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