YOU MADE YOUR BED. . .

 

 

It’s always funny

how we want to find

ways to blame

other people

even when

it’s clearly our own fault

 

I deal with it all the time

No one ever wants

to take responsibility

for the choices they make

 

and I will grant you

it is frustrating

to make the wrong decision

but you just have

to learn to deal with it

 

Bitterness is an option

and so is forgiveness

I doubt if forgetting

is ever really a choice

 

I deal with the losses

I take them

with a grain of salt

 

I recently ran

into a young lady

I knew about 5 years ago

I was in love with her

She wasn’t in love with me

and broke my heart

 

and now I see her

not doing as well as I

although I never did

take her advice

and grow up

and give up the dream

 

Now my dreams

are threatening

to come true

It is possible

that I will achieve

all the things

I always knew I could

 

The very dream

she told me to grow up

and abandon

is now on the verge

of finally coming true

 

and I think this

is a bitter pill

for her to swallow

 

Her life has turned

into a living Hell

wretched job; broken home

miserable relationship

 

and I sarcastically think

“and she told me to grow up?

And she wanted me to give up

on my drams

and her maturity

landed her in this existence

 

I mean, I feel no joy

in her defeat

or her problems

but I find it difficult

to muster much sympathy

 

Her plight

is really a result

of her own choosing

I didn’t do it to her

 

I didn’t hold a gun

to her head

and force her

to abandon me

 

She could have

kept the faith

and believed in me

at a time

when I needed moral support

more than ever

 

She didn’t show a Hell

of a lot of regard for me

back when she ripped

my heart out and pushed it

thru a paper shredder

 

it turns out that

one person never did

ever lose faith in me

and that person was me

 

and all I feel is numb

I’m not longer bitter

I just don’t really care

 

They say the best revenge

is to live a better life

 

This then is my revenge

 

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