Quietly.

When you take some time,
For you,
And you forget,
What you need to do,
There’s a moment of guilt,
A moment of fear.
I will not embrace it,
Not tonight, my dear.
Tonight for one hour,
I let myself lower,
Into a pool,
Of a life that is slower.
I deserved it, I know it,
Without doubt,
But I’ll embrace it quietly.
It does not do to shout.