Relief and Apprehension
I finally spit it out.
I finally told all.
I finally admitted it.
I did it.
I regret it, but not really.
I know a part of me does,
but right now, I can't find it.
I'm filled with elation.
I don't know why.
Maybe not elation.
Maybe the sudden lack of a weight
I didn't know I had?
I didn't expect to feel this way.
This is much more pleasant.
I thought I'd feel more angry with myself.
I thought I'd get grumpy and hate what I did.
But I don't.
At least, not yet.
I feel light.
I didn't feel heavy before...
My physical pain still exists,
but the internal expression of myself
feels lighter and brighter than it did before.
Still not a light,
but something
that isn't the void.
Why do I feel this way?
I shouldn't feel like this.
I should be feeling the opposite.
I cannot understand it.
It is pleasant, but
I sort of hate it.
Maybe I don't want to recover?
Maybe I feel secure with something familiar?
I don't know anymore.
Something has changed.
But I don't know how much.
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