“Cliffhanger”
By Ashley O’Hare
There are words still lodged in my throat-
sentiments that should have been given
a complete lifetime ago.
How clueless was I
to believe we had more time?
How cruel is our fate
to allow my every mistake?
Countless apologies
for every ounce of grief.
Declarations of brutal truth
that will never transport from me to you.
Now it’s over.
The chapter closed with a cliffhanger,
leaving me alone to imagine
your face; your reaction
to everything I meant to say
during our given days.
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