Writings for Got

House Martel/Prompt 1/week two

I Wish I Could Take It Back

It wasn't my intention
to crush your
belief in what we shared.
Just so you know-
it will end with contrition
and despair.
I wish I could take it back
but I wanted to be unkind.
It was my defense; to attack
and knock you off the pedestal
that I had built so high.
I wanted to forget-to forgive
yet my heart was too small
too unkind.
I wanted to see you cry
or even watch you crawl;
but you didn't. You laughed
and did nothing at all.
Truth be told
I wish I could take it back-
and once again be whole.
I didn't hurt you,
I hurt my self, my integrity.
My actions went out of control.
Now you can be free
of what we were and had
and free without me.
I will settle for nothing
nothing at all.
I wish I could take it back
but now I am dying,
the writing is on the wall-
it was all perfect timing.


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