David Taylor - Why Do You Do That?

So why do you do that?
You know that afterwards
you wish you hadn’t.
You know that despite the promise
the actuality just doesn’t live up
to the expectation.
You see the hurt it causes
and yet you still do it.
You think this time it will be different
or just once more, before…
And then; the same as always.
So why do you do that?

David Taylor

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