Those Times Never Forgotten Poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar

Sometimes the best remedy,
That comes to assist one to heal quickly...
Is not the familiar 'cry-on-the-shoulder-kind'!
With a soothing of tears and a warm embrace.

Sometimes some cures are better done,
When that person is left alone.
To figure out how to deal,
With agony, pain and stress on their own.

And hopefully a going through the process...
Will increase an appreciation!
And perhaps the acknowledgement,
Of this is shown.

Sometimes this works!
And at other times...
Be on the alert!

Especially when those 'sometimes'
Most of the time...
Are those times never forgotten,
By the ones turned away the first time.

You know...
There are those times that come,
When 'some' people have none to spare!
To express an empathy or caring.

And we all will have those times,
When a comforting should have been extended.
And a selfishness not to listen...or pretend,
Reveals more than what had been intended.

And...
Even though a healing process does occur?
The hearing of it,
Never seems to end.
With reminders left to dig deep under the skin.

'WHY?
Why are you still harboring on that?
How long do you want me to apologize?
For the rest of my life? '

~I hadn't thought of that as an option.
Let me give that some thought!
Thank you for the suggestion.
I appreciate that.~