APARTMENT NO LONGER FOR RENT
By Sonya Campbell

 

There’s a vacancy

In my head

Space for rent

Space that gets utilized

Free of charge

Space that is occupied

Without knowledge

But always with permission

Space in my head

Taken up by hurtful acts

And hurtful deeds

You occupy it and don’t

Even know it

I want to evict you

I need to evict you

Constant thoughts of

How I’ve been wronged

Constant conversations

I’ll say this

And you’ll say that

I don’t profit from

This arrangement

In fact it caused me

Grief

I know I can never

Erase it

I know I can’t make

You take it back

But it doesn’t belong

To me

Get out of my space

These are your things

Your issues

Your crimes

Why must I pay

Here take it back

All your stuff

This space is no longer

For rent 

 

 

 

 

 

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