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Hour Thirteen \u2013 Write a poem about a time when something really bad happened\u2026that later turned out to be a good thing.<\/p>\n
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The Guilt<\/u><\/p>\n
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I broke two promises that year<\/p>\n
Both, unintentional, of course<\/p>\n
But the guilt, it overtakes the grief<\/p>\n
The guilt becomes the driving force<\/p>\n
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The first was when I gave my word to him.<\/p>\n
\u2018Take care of her,\u2019 he\u2019d said.<\/p>\n
I had promised. Pleased him, eased him<\/p>\n
Not long before he was dead.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
But I didn\u2019t. I couldn\u2019t. I let her fall ill.<\/p>\n
\u2018Bring me home soon, I hate the hospital crowd.\u2019<\/p>\n
I promised her I would. I will.<\/p>\n
I did. In a hearse. In a shroud.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Grief got punched about by Guilt<\/p>\n
Numbing, stiffening, shocking, guilt.<\/p>\n
Selfish, tunnelling, funnelling guilt.<\/p>\n
Weeping, creeping, sweeping guilt.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Two years on, and I know better<\/p>\n
No, it\u2019s still not easy that they died,<\/p>\n
But I\u2019m not the girl who broke the promise<\/p>\n
Because I tried, I tried, I tried!<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Isn\u2019t it good though, that she didn\u2019t stay<\/p>\n
for me to take care of her?<\/p>\n
She journeyed to him instead<\/p>\n
So, they could take care \u2013 of each other.<\/p>\n
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