Regret

Teenage years can leave you with regrets. You become so important to yourself, care for others drops sharply. It's normal, maybe even necessary for many, but the legacy is life-long.

 

Before The End

 

The bedside lamp shone

in the pool of her eye,

made her teeth translucent,

runnelled her face. 

Daylight and I were reluctant visitors.

The  room, smelling of trapped breath,

sickness and decay, made me anxious

that I would inhale her disease; 

and all I loved gone;

all dwindled down to duty.