i long to surpass the wrongs done so long ago
forget the pain without risking repeat
can we be free of the reminder
of what it was like to be a victim
every time there is a reminder?

if the hurt goes away
next time
will i be
the perpetrator?

fleeing from hard choices
doesn't make them any easier

it doesn't make them go away

it just makes them really pissed off
because they had to go
and chase after you

and whose choices were they, anyway?