Eternally Condemned

I felt like I could be eternally grateful forever. 

But really that promise to be grateful was a curse. 

Those tears that used to be innocent-

Now make me feel like I deserve to be condemned. 

The more I wait graciously-

The more I rule out solutions. 

It feels like I was given a second chance at one point. 

But I thought I didn’t need it. 

So that I can spend the rest of my life wondering…
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