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Uninvited

By Jacqueline Edwards


You came in uninvited

You never took the time to introduce yourself

Even when another stranger announced you

You took it upon yourself to be silent

As I moved forward as instructed

I was not sure you were still there

But I trusted the strangers who guided me on how to extract you from my fears

My life became chaos while you made my health unclear

You came in uninvited

So I knew you couldn’t stay here

So I prayed for your departure while I took the meds that dared

To rid you from my presence despite the dramatic wear and tear it would take to distract you so you’d no longer reside here

You came in uninvited

That was very clear, but what I never understood was how you got here

Which means you weren’t invited so get out of here.





 

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