Because We All Ache Mistakes

The monster
never forgave herself
for all the bad things she'd done
She kept them in a corner of her head
a kind of under bed storage area
gathering dust each year
but somehow they'd managed to acquire
a life of their own
and the guilt the monster felt
would surface at unexpected moments
to stoke the fires of her embarrassment
The monster knew
that dwelling on the past only hindered her future
and she hoped that when the layers of dust
became thick enough
one day she could forget everything
She could look in the mirror
forget she was a monster
and at last begin
to love herself