I should have written it down

Do not get involved

Documentation, for pattern recognition

A reminder to myself

There is no cure that includes me.

Third time’s the charm, they say

Whoever they are haven’t seen me in action

Continuing to swim though a red flag is flying

Thinking I’m safe because I can still see the shore.

That’s why I’m writing it down now

So that the lesson sticks

Next time someone comes by

And asks me to look under the covers.

I am not, I am not, I am not

A replacement for therapy

For self-love

For the slow marching of maturity

That comes from getting it wrong.

Do not get involved

The only thing you can ever do for a heart wound

Which has become septic

Is point to a mirror

Saying

“That’s who you need to talk to.”