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Pandora's Box

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There are discussions that should never be overheard. 

Observations that should never be made.

Questions that should never be asked.

I knew this, of course. Not everyone needs to know everything. But when you see changes in the people around you or hear things about them- the people you care about- then it's impossible not to make those observations. Wonder about those discussions. 

Ask those questions.

I asked. Oh, I asked, and you have no idea how much I've regretted it. My stomach roils and my head hurts and I'm so worried that in asking too many questions I have put at risk something very dear.

You would think, after the disastrous wreck I've made before because of asking too many questions, that I would learn from my mistakes. Block the curiosity. Deny the befuddlement. But no. I'm as stubborn a learner as they come. I refuse to learn from others' mistakes. I refuse to learn from my own.

And the price is holding Pandora's Box in my hands, wondering if I was right about the whisper that escaped when I cracked it open. Confusing the hell out of myself trying to save my own sanity by convincing myself I was wrong while internally debating if being right would be the best thing to happen to me- or unmitigated disaster.

Trying to figure out how to force the whisper, the comments, the observations, the questions, back into the box and seal it shut until I can deal with all the possible answers.
Wrote this a couple of months ago, so I guess this is yet another-this-too-has-passed piece from me. Needed to clear it out of my stash.

I was actually going to write more around this, but who am I kidding. I'll never get around to it.

And just because you may be wondering, Pandora's box is locked, bolted, and hidden away in the shadows under my bed.
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