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Virtue

Virtue
Written by Kelly Ann Wilson

Did you think you could save me?
If you stayed healthy, you could heal me?
I was left counting on you.
So, was it a selfish or selfless thing to do?
Was it a crime or a virtue?

I took all that I could take.
Stayed up all night to keep you breathing.
Brought you home from the police station.
I lost myself to care for you.
Was it a cycle or a virtue?

We swore we could beat the odds.
That nothing could break us apart.
That it was you and I against the world,
Just us two.
But was it trauma or a virtue?

Written May 28, 2024
© 2024 Kelly Ann Wilson

About This Poem

Last Few Words: Read my writer’s blog at https://kwilsonarts.wordpress.com

Style/Type: Free verse

Review Request Intensity: Please use care (this is a sensitive subject for me, do not critique harshly)

Editing Stage: Editing - polished draft

About the Author

Region, Country: Ontario, Canada, CAN

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