Passing Judgment

The nerve…
They criticize us without knowing
The truth—
The truths we hide
They don’t know about our past
They haven’t seen our future
And with apathetic expressions
We hid the present
Holding on to things
We should have lost
We need to turn away
But we cling to the pain and
We cling to each other
We cling to the memories
Of what we were like
Before you quit your job
Before I moved closer
Before that fateful day
Full of words that
We didn’t know we were saying
Words we couldn’t understand
About a life we couldn’t understand
Before I signed that paper
And swallowed those pills
Before you couldn’t be perfect
When I wouldn’t accept your selfishness
As a natural need
As a heartache
As your love for me
When I wouldn’t accept the very thought
That became the truth too soon.

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