Standing Up

She left the meeting in a fit of rage So near to completing they rattled her cage She decided to quit throwing in the towel In refusing to admit she had run afoul A few days before in a weak moment She walked to the store the money was spent But she wouldn't concede and just come clean She denied the need and that was the last seen Until a month had past when in through the door Almost the last but back on the floor Saying nothing that night and the week after too Such a burdensome plight she wanted something new But on the third week and at the very start She stood up to speak and apologize in part Saying I'm not perfect and sometimes I do fall But it was my own self neglect that caused it all