For the first time
In nearly twenty years
A deed had been done
That hadn’t been done
In all that time
Shouldn’t have been done
Didn’t want to be done

Not then

Not now

Used to be

From misguided youth

Malevolent

Placating an aching soul

This time

Was to remember

Evoke

Emotions and sensations

The pain

The burning

The dripping essence

– James Dubeau