In Remission by Kelley Appleby

Spitting out the sand,
careful not to rub
my eyes...
I brush away the
layers and layers
of silt.
I'm hearing things now
once ignored by me;
not now.
Hmm, "Talk about your ring
around the collar!"
I knew
about the pay-off
all the while, I made
the choice
to conform to things;
Gave in, gave up... I
conspired
against myself, so
blindly...
Collaborated
in my own setback.
Was it
out of apathy?
... disbelief that I
deserved
something better than
what I have rendered
jointly?
I awoke from slumber...
I smelled the coffee
before!
Inevitably,
I lost my backbone,
like many times before...
to turn
over a new leaf.
Resented for my
new-found
resolve to make things
better... I was assured
by his
pledge to comply with
needful adjustments,
...only
met with resistance.
Frustration set in,
and made
itself quite at home.
After all this time,
can things
really ever get
better? or am I
destined
for more of the same?
...pissing in the wind?
I mean,
How many "last straws"
can one person have?
Enough
of the excuses!
by me, and for him.
Wake up!
One last ditch effort
I cringe to know that
I am
"giving it one last
try..." one last chance to
make it...
Saddened
by this unshakable
realization
that it
probably wont be
any
different than the
countless times before.

... I know...

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In Remission
by Kelley Appleby
copyright 04-02-2008

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In Remission
by Kelley Appleby
copyright 04-02-2008

Age Rating: 13 to 127