Thursday, September 25, 2008

#67 I'm the One!

I'm the one who has to go back out into the world and pretend that nothing happened.

If it is the embarrassment of being seen at my desk crying like a baby;
or trying to hide the bandages on my arms;
or enduring the humiliation of the burn clinic week after week;
or avoiding mention of three months spent in a psychiatric hospital;

I'm the one!
I'm the one who has to clean up the mess.
I'm the one who has to explain it away.
I'm the one who tries to hide the truth.

I know that I am the adult here, but I resent it.

I'm the one who has to go back out into the world and pretend that nothing happened.

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