Passive Aggression

Tonight I read something.

It hurt.

I felt like it was meant to hurt.

I felt like writing about it.

little, small, tiny, undersized 

shallow.

A word can describe...

Unspoken meaning between the
lines,

Within the hollow empty spaces.

HUGE, MASSIVE, IMMENSE, ENORMOUS

SUBSTANTIAL.

Impressions arranged and printed neatly,

Insignificant letters forming thought,

Contrained together,

Poised gracefully on paper.

Simply penned innocence.

NO!

An intentional blow.

Pretense cleverly arranged,

Not to be seen or proven,

Only felt --- deep in the heart.

A long overdue reimbursement

For past resentments.

Unforgiven failures besieged by
ink,


Set in type.

A word can modify.

sad, troubled, hurt, sullen,
downcast . . .

broken. 

                                         
F.B. Crowther