isn’t easier the next time
not a task you master,
a skill at which you improve –
no, it’s being stabbed repeatedly
with a sharp blade
each piercing as painful
as every other
every time
Form: textu
Written for Poets and Storytellers United's Friday Writings #185: Don't Be Afraid to Start Over, this was intended to contradict the prompt – but I now realise it's a misunderstanding of it, as starting over is not the same thing as repeating an experience with another of the same kind. However, as this is what the prompt inspired in me, so be it.
