Prefixes

Within a thirty-second time span,

I had a prefix added to my title.

It's hard to believe two small letters,

A small part of a word…

Can make all the difference in the world

To the way a word drops off the edge of your tongue

To the way it bites your taste buds as it dives into open air

Exposing itself to the world to what it really is.

Ugly.

Painful.

Harsh.

Just like that burn you got on your arm,

The one you can't remember getting,

But know it must have been painful to get a blister that big.

You know you did this for a reason…

But the pain is so overwhelming that it consumes you mind

And you can't remember why you did it,

Or how you got to where you are now.