M is for Morals
Reflecting on Morals
They looked at me, questioning my morals.
D is for Disapproving.
A is for Abominable.
M is for Morality.
N is for just-say-NO.
D.A.M.N. did their eyes pierce through me.
Condemning me for what I’d done.
“How could you live with yourself?” They asked
(would have asked / was asking / to ask)
But how could I do anything else, I wondered. How could I say no?
M is for Morals
M is for #Mistress
M is for #Marriage
M is for #Mistress
M is for #Marriage
M is for #Mistress
M is for #Marriage
M is for Mistress
Morals are relative, I said. Firmly.
M is for Marriage
They looked at me, disapprovingly.
M is for Mine
This story never happened. They never looked at me, because they never knew. No one knew. Only I knew. Only me.
M is for Me
I wanted to tell them, but I was afraid they’d judge me. So I said nothing.
“It’s my story,” I thought, “and no one else needs to know. Only U and I.”
M is for #MumsTheWord
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