Sinful Affairs
A reminder of all the moments I wasted being afraid.
I’m finally ready to be brave.
But there’s no one left to be brave for.
Inside, the music swells. People laugh. Life continues for everyone except the person who deserved it most.
I said the words. Just seven days too late. To the wrong audience. The wind, the stars, myself.
Everything Miles wanted to hear, spoken to, in his absence.
Love is patient, the reading said. Love is kind.
But love, I’ve learned, is also fragile. Finite. And sometimes, unforgivably, too late.