It’s a Bitter Sting

A Poem

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To be a good person is a task

A chore

And so much more

It’s a hard lesson to learn

The first time you get burned

The sting drives on the hate

The words you wish you could get back

The drama that takes you off your track

I often stare at the wall in utter shame

Of the pain

I caused on others

Then I feel the sting

It pinches at the already bleeding wound

But here’s the thing,

You must extinguish the flame

Before it consumes

All the shame

And resumes

The bitter anger that you overcame

That is the key

To living life a better me