Sideways
The bullet came out sideways.
And there you sit,
stunned, with gaping holes
dripping red from my barrage.
I didn’t know my anger was loaded.
I didn’t realize my heart
could point one way
and my words another.
It’s been a very hard day.
I let it all build up.
It all just came out sideways.
And I’m sorry.
Author’s Notes:
One way or another, our emotions will eventually come out. Either in a healthy way, but expressing them with words, or in an unhealthy way — sideways — through negative behaviors.
Many times, we don’t even realize we’re bottling things up until we overflow into tears or an outburst. And we wound the very thing we need:
Connection. Someone to listen.
