Guilt is a natural response after doing something wrong, but why would someone feel unmerited guilt?
An overwhelming feeling of having made a mistake that cannot be pinpointed causes unreasonable concern.
Simple things like getting sick initiate feelings of failure and incompetence.
Even good things leave a lingering feeling that all is not as it seems. All is not right with the world.
It goes beyond a mother's guilt for anything negative her children experience.
It even steps up and accepts the blame for things that could not possibly be my fault. Mistakes that others make, feel as if I caused or encouraged them.
Somewhere deep inside of me is a fatal flaw that dims life in unaccountable ways.
It hovers over me like fog on an otherwise perfect day and fills my dreams with dread.
This unearned legacy has followed me all my life.
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