I am starting to think

I wish it hadn’t been this easy

but I remember-

it wasn’t.

It was months

of not wanting to see the truth

and convincing myself

you could change.

And I realize instead

that I am sorry

we didn’t get to hold each other

in those final moments after

speaking the words.

I am sorry that there won’t be

one last kiss-

that the last time we saw each other

we thought we were going to make it

through this distance.

Most of all

I am sorry that I didn’t say it

as soon as I knew-

maybe if I had

we would have experienced the sweetness

of that last kiss.

But none of it can be changed

so the only thing left to do

is move on.