Caren Krutsinger Poet Free verse

Is It Not Time To Take a Chance

kismet came to me in the form of a guttersnipe
I could not hate it 
nor did I want to

what is it you are after? I asked.
The guttersnipe laughed.
Are you so tainted that you do not recognize a friend?

I felt ashamed.
It had been a long time since I had a friend.
At least ten years.

I do not want to be hurt, I told her.
Your walls are high, she admitted
But isn’t it time you took a chance?

And so I did.
And she hurt me.
And I began calling her mean names.

And now I am alone again
Building a thicker wall
Taller with spikes
around my heart.

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L Milton Hankins April 21, 2021 at 9:22 AM Oh my, I can relate to this one, Caren. Friends of twenty years I have not heard from since Deb died. Doesn't make any sense. I miss them, but I guess they don't miss me. I'm building higher walls with spikes just like you. Caren Krutsinger April 21, 2021 at 9:46 PM It is sometimes comforting to build high high walls, so we do not have to pretend we are not hurt and they are not being selfish. Sometimes people cannot bear to see a spouse after a death because they do "not know what to say" - sadly.