Time and Time Again
It is a vicious circle
It took two years before you could get back in a pool
This regret and pain never seem to go away
And neither do the questions
All the while, a piece of you is
Dying inside.
Nobody seems to truly understand
No apology seems sincere since
They are trying to find somewhere to
Place the blame.
The journalists do not care about showing up
While you are walking in to work
And the lawyers do not care about your emotions
While they grill you with questions about everything.
But all you can see is her face as she’s sitting
Next to you, a face beaming with such excitement
An excitement that does not last long, stripped away
Far too soon.
Nobody really understands how you feel
Except the people who were right there with you
And they know how it feels to have carried this around
For three years.
But you still don’t talk about it with anybody
It is too painful to bring up, to think about
So you just keep it bottled up tight until you
Explode.
It is a vicious circle.
Copyright © Danielle Endel | Year Posted 2023
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