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Guilty But Not At Fault

Guilt,
is an influence better served chilled

And only time will tell

If this is to be the beginning 
or the end of mine

Was my lasting thought as the ambulance sped her away 

Not a doctor merely a son 
witnessing his mother fade to grey

So down and broken my skin had
turned to green to mask the darkness
of my mind and heart within

With hands still raw from the constant
bleaching undertook to rid or hide 
this house of her stagnated faeces scent she left behind

Sometimes you have to be cruel to be
kind if you wish to preserve your sanity

If the choice of weapons to wage this duel with are tugging at a loved
one's heart strings 

And how can you still be filled with regret if you have supposedly done 
the right thing

Because you know they are only
going to hate you and resent you
for it afterwards

Dad dying was both cruel and sad
but what you are doing to yourself
can only be described as tragic

Dad wasn't given a choice whereas
you are doing this to yourself and 
by proxy to me to

And yet somehow you always
still end up making me feeling guilty 
no matter what i do

Maybe if i was an alcoholic as well
then this wouldn't hurt half as much 
as it does and i wouldn't be forced
into caring so much either

But worst of all is being forced into
buying it for you knowing it's the
only reason you choose to carry on 
living for

Copyright © Christopher Flaherty

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