Obligation with guilt is undermining.
Duty through pressure is a fallacy.
Worth defined by how much is never enough.
Doing something because you feel you have to is only half the story.
The other half is usually never talked about.
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Budget Friendly
It is not hard to make something friendly.
Time and patience are required.
It is also easier when there is no available funds to draw upon.
Grief
Not knowing what will happen next.
Anger and denial are not here yet.
Anticipatory in the future bad news.
Always alone and misunderstood.
I don’t want to be cruel.
I just want to know when I can be allowed to grieve.
Sandals
I am not as kind and conscientious as I hoped I would be.
I can not be selfish to a fault.
Life has taken much and I do not know how to replace it.
These grooves feel familiar.
Comfortable and worn.
Protection is not what is offered.
So I try.
Sometimes I suceed.
Otherwise guilt gnaws at me just like the rats on my shoes.
Program
I was programmed differently.
Sensitive was the catchphrase.
I never understood why I never fit in.
Even my family confused me.
They would say one thing and act a different way.
Later I learned why.
None of it was my fault growing up.
I just live with the consequences.
Collar
Fanciful
Plain
Wishful
Demanding
Blue
White
Black
Underpaid
Overwhelmed
Tightened
Loosened
Anxiety
Attack
Leave
People Code
I think I understand what they have said.
It is what they tried to imply that went over my head.
My reflexes are average so I only catch so much.
The rest has to wait until someone explains it to me.
Doubting Fire
Mrs. Chance walked the line.
Her husband fell behind.
He saw the blaze.
She choose to ignore him.
No harm could fall upon the believer.
Forget My
Name is a mystery.
Personality is dull.
Past is your future.
Actions have consequences.
Kindness is immortal.
Death will haunt you.
Livelihood was destroyed.
Mother was pain.
Father was grief.
Siblings are lost forever.
Memory is no longer here.
Coded People
Phrases used lightly.
Disguises come off.
Friendships destroyed.
Words backed into a corner.
Kill the spotlight.
Jumpstart the morgue.
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