Shame - guilt; embarrassment
Is not acute.
Sometimes it peaks
And washes over you
Sometimes it lingers
For days
For months
For years.
It reminds you
In every conversation, every television programme, every post
And what you once thought was initial,
Fleeting
Rears up again
Viciously.
Jul 6, 2020
Jul 6, 2020 at 10:12 PM UTC
Shame - guilt; embarrassment
Is not acute.
Sometimes it peaks
And washes over you
Sometimes it lingers
For days
For months
For years.
It reminds you
In every conversation, every television programme, every post
And what you once thought was initial,
Fleeting
Rears up again
Viciously.