Thursday, June 24, 2004

Wearing the Truth of Pain

Blame pursued me into ebony corners
where I huddled alone, unforgiving and unloved. 
Rattled in my own guilt.
I stayed there for a long time
and nobody thought to try and look for me.
No one noticed I wasn't there until I came back,
and only then they said "oh, there you are,"
as if that was supposed to be enough.

It never was.

But I also learned that longing for revenge
only makes you grow older.
You only get to go home once the tour is over.