Dawning Creations

“Reborn” by Brittny Woss

The tears-
-they keep on falling
I’m learning to stop regretting the past
“surely, I didn’t know any better,”I tell myself.
I didn’t mean to be so manipulative

and here you are again
hand outstretched to me
will I take it you wonder?
I say I will knowing your concern

this isn’t easy for me
admitting it all can be so harsh and lonely
I wish I could say sorry one thousand times over
I really have changed
but the past seems to keep me running from who I used to be

I scream for these damned memories go away!!
Stop bothering an innocent woman
keep your distance please
I am not ready for the breakdown
because I know once you take my hand
and look into my eyes I will be crying

I too easily admit all of my imperfections
fact or fiction
perceptions or reality..
it doesn’t matter
I can only be whole when this hole is filled
and those memories are forgiven and buried
not by you but by me..

I hold too much regret.
I don’t mean to be pitied or have remorse
just understood that I have changed.
The hideous snake in the grass left behind her old skin.
She’s reborn into a new and beautiful creature.
She’s human at last…
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