Verdict

VERDICT

Is it from a past memory that one learns
The thing that someone once did, or said to you
It is as if one’s heart and brain each take turns
To reconcile recollections that accrue

After all this time, that angry flame still burns
And I still wonder what really can be true
That word that affects me to this very day
Guilty is a verdict that I took away
Copyright © | Year Posted 2023

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October 19, 2023 at 10:55 AM
Hi Howard….l really enjoyed your poem…well written with the air of mystery at the end! Debx
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