I assumed.....

Painting by Lorraine Rigby. 2016

I didn't know the pain you carry,
I didn't understand it was so difficult,
I didn't realize you had a long ago's...
Or a Once Upon a time....

I assumed this and that about you,
I assumed you were fine and at one,
I assume so many things....
I assumed it ended with a happily ever after.

You walk with a pain...
You are confused by your pain...
Your past story is etched in your present fairy-tale,
Your story has always been...

I didn't realize I was the monster in your tale...