The Blessing of Looking Backwards
Looking Now
Look at it that then
Such a shock.
"So sad" they said
"The poor girl"
"Her poor family"
"How could he do it?"
Look at it that day,
"What do you mean you never loved me?"
"What can I do to make you love me?"
"Don"t say anymore,
Please
Don"t say anymore"
Look at it a few months later,
It's black comedy
"Can you believe I have an unused wedding dress?"
"A honeymoon by myself?"
"Margarita anyone?"
Look at it a few years later,
It's a melancholy story
A regret
I wish I had gotten an apology
"Do you wish you had done it better?"
"I wonder what would have happened"
"I will never beg again"
Look at it twenty years later,
My own badge of courage
Look at what I came through
Look at where I ended up
Look at who I have now
If I only look now, it’s just a thing that happened.