What Cannot Be Taken Back

Are you sure you want this knowledge?

Of why I never finished college?

Or where I went that one week. 

When I was at my peak. 

The scars revealed I cannot redact. 

That time in my life when my dignity was attacked. 

I shall dust off the guilt that I have once inhabited. 

Are you sure you want me uninhibited?

Or would you rather me wander away. 

And forever you will wonder what secrets I held at bay.
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Rodrigues Avatar
November 8, 2021 at 2:05 PM
Shaking my head…not understanding fully but somewhat as i’ve heard this spoken before. You’ve aptly said what many feel.
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