Delusional, humiliation, humiliated.
sometimes I say words outloud
to exercise my tongue
My childhood best friend struggles with ‘humiliated’
I make sure to practice that one from time-to-time
and I’ll call him and say it, then I ask him to say it.
I’m real nice like that.
somehow he’s still my best friend
and he’s one hell of a man
I’d fight for him
when my Dad was dying in the hospital
he constantly looked in on me, and my Dad,
with texts and phone calls
He’s the one I turn to, to vent
I remember Abe saying to me once
“Let’s just run away.”
He lived at my house.
We were teenagers.
And while we walked down my street
I jumped and punched the STOP sign,
it spun upside down and read, POTS.
We didn’t run away.
and it was around that time
when I realized God had given me
one hell of a right
which landed me in jail
Gotta go.
I owe my best friend a phone call.
I need it.
gonna say humiliated
and ask him to say it
then I’m gonna send him the link
to read this
Love you man. Always.
-M. Taggart