Showing posts with label Poetry. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Poetry. Show all posts

Thursday, May 11, 2017

hurt in an envelope

the hurt is in an envelope
the envelope is in a folder
the folder is in a file cabinet
the cabinet is inside a room
the room is locked 
the key is in a box 
on a shelf in an attic
in a building 
on a street 
where I lived years ago.

sometimes I spend
time with the hurt 
quite unintentionally.
quite unexpectedly 
the hurt released 
from confinement is
set free to buzz inside
my mind like a bothersome bee.

not a social visit
the sting of the hurt 
is sustained 
by my unwillingness
to forgive myself
for the act that caused the hurt
that lives in an envelope
in a folder. . . . .

May 11, 2017 Kailasa type font
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