Thursday 27 July 2017

Cowardice

"You misunderstood me", she whispered to the receding shadow, of you walking away.


What was for you an excuse, granting you the freedom you didn't have the courage to ask for, was her reason to live shackled with guilt for years to come.

Unrequited, alternately

He did
She couldn't 
He did
She shouldn't
He stopped
She did
He couldn't.