Saturday, 4 June 2016

Back To Square One

Applause.
Cheers.
Smiles and thumbs up for the progress I have made.

You say I have got better.
You say I am becoming stronger.

Don't say that.

I knocked the same door again.
Yes, yet again.
You aren't proud of me now, eh?

Here I lay on the floor.
Headache creeping in like it does.
Outbox full.
Last night's story painted on pillow in the black of mascara.

Doorbell rings.
I stumble my way through sherds of glass and strewn memories and open the door.

Self-pity says hi.
Pride at her heels, clutching at a fresh wound on its forehead.

'You hit it last night.' Self-pity says disdainfully.

I find no words for an apology.

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