The Lark
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The Lark

POETRY / POETRY PROMPT

The Ever-Present Guilt

An apology via tanka

I just fuck things up

and I always disappoint,

inevitably.

I have let you down again

and the guilt keeps me awake.

With thanks to Sahil Patel for the tag to join in this daily poetry prompt challenge:

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The Lark shares fictional short stories and poetry

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Jupiter Grant

Writer, Poet, Narrator, Freelancer. Living in UK & my own head. Send queries here: jupiterslair@gmail.com. Buy me a coffee here: https://ko-fi.com/jupitergrant