Why Now

27 May 2010

alisajs
she counted them again
just to be sure,
the number of times a sly comment was uttered
mixed in with all the compliments
and gratuitous platitudes
a cut
a jab,
designed to pull at the scab
of healed memories,
the ones you told yourself you'd never forget.
oozing under layers
of feigned love and acceptance
the ones that tore at your soul
all those years ago,
the ones you could do nothing about
you were just a kid, back then
why?
after all these years
do those insults still live
causing endless rage
inside,
where no one knows
no one but you,
you feel them now, afresh
ripping your head
smeared across your face
like it was yesterday,
why...

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