Responsibility
Pair this one with Stay (Faraway, So Close!) by U2
The easiest thing would be just to replace it. Get one in a smaller size and lighter color. Then I would not have to figure out what to do with the void that it left inside. I would not have to think about who I would have been if I had not had that. I would not have to feel the time with it was wasted and now running out. But that would only be right if I liked it. If I had not built a thousand coping mechanisms to endure it. If I did not have these wounds.
Regitze Ladekarl has re-emerged as a raconteur after a long, successful career elsewhere. She crafts universal tales from everyday lives with an honest, sharp and witty pen. Besides working on a forthcoming novel, she flexes her voice with personal essays, flash fiction, and method writing here on Medium.
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