Inevitably
Reluctant to accept
Inevitably
By Raquel L. Pierson
Reluctant to change
Or fearful of it…
Reluctance is fear
Disguised as denial-
Denial’s disguised
To the one in denial.
Everyone else seems
To see what you can’t,
Everyone that is, but you.
Deny you’re afraid,
Deny you can see,
Afraid to accept
What’s destined to be.
Say you know
Or say you don’t-
But once you do,
You either will
Or you won’t-
Accept the truth,
Embrace the change,
Reluctant or not
Change has come.
Whether or not
You knew it then,
You know it now,
Even if you were
And are, the last one
To know,
Last one to see…
Either you’re blind
Or pretending to be.
You cannot know
What you do not know.
You can’t disguise denial
If you cannot see to see-
But once you can
Accept
That change
Has come
Reluctant or not.
Denial disguised
Afraid nothing
Can prevent
The pain
The change-
Nothing’s
Ever gonna
Be the same
Change is
Inevitable…
You see.