Ways of Living Xii

having spoken before having taken a moment to think, having said something so harsh & then in retrospect, so quickly wanting to take it back--- paddling backwards with one’s significant other, paddling backwards & hoping that this time they will not be so hurt by what you have said that they leave you high & dry, wanting to make everything ok again, wanting to make it all hunky-dory, as if nothing had ever happened---one might go to great lengths to pull a blanket over this lashing out, but the fact remains, each stab draws blood & each drawing of blood takes time to heal & life is only so long, we all may not stick around for one who is constantly out to drive a knife into us.