Too Early for Pleasantries
Heather has a Bachelor's Degree in English from Moravian College and has been freelance writing for more than 12 years.
Often pondered what it would be like to run into them
Scared and upset at the beginning of how it would be
Had a few nightmares of making same mistakes
Reality a lot different than imagined this time
Surprised that it happened, but not terrified anymore
Accepted the internal challenge to put the right ending on it
Decided to go the mature adult route for a change
By dealing with private problems head on
Felt an initial amount of peace for settling things
Not sure what is going on with situation at present
Thought it was dealt with in a polite way
Said what was needed to be said and made a graceful exit
Thought kudos should be given only to find a wrench in the plan
Almost seemed like the other person playing a game
Trying to worm their way back inside the private sanctum
Asking brief but rather inane questions through text messages
Peaceful settlement disappearing rather rapidly
Transformed into annoyed skepticism at situation
Might be reading into this due to past experience
Emotions shaded by unresolved anger and sadness
Have come a long way from 18 months ago
Needed to get through that final hurdle to finish this
Advised by closest consiglieres to nip this in the bud
Opinions colored with warnings of repeating the past
Won't be doing that in the slightest repeated again and again
Determined what needs were and how they would be met
That picture did not include a trip into failed yesterdays
Made that abundantly clear to everyone involved
Not sure if it was heard or not; felt better nonetheless
Taking a step back inside the remaining internal thunderstorm
Assessing what's going on privately before publishing the report
Decided to focus on the desires of one person and one person only
No longer desperate to please anybody
Tried doing that one too many times and didn't like the results
Hopefully, this new route will help and not hinder future plans
Fingers crossed.
Comments
BRENDA ARLEDGE from Washington Court House on April 01, 2021:
Fingers crossed.
I wish you the best.
One really never knows how these things will turn out...despite all the planning in our heads.
Sounds like it went good so far...Kudos.