_____ by Rebecca Strait

my therapist tried
to bring it out of me
when she finally asked,
"what is it that you want
to do to her?"
it was then that the knot
got lodged in my throat,
that my breath suddenly escaped me
and i found my self
uttering the words,
"I just wanted to tell her
that I was sorry....."

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