Sinking in your chest, scraping past your ribs, feel it dig deeper down and ache heavier. The needle point always runs, not a second in wait for your pitiful excuses.
"You are thinking too hard on it, child." She spoke ruefully.
But stop... take a step back. Look. Is this truth? Is this guilt? You taught yourself to never admit to what you do not acknowledge — hoping then, it would be any less cruel.
Can you feel the guilt? Feel the anchor's chain slide around your ankle. Feel it pull you down.
Down.
Down.