Maryanna's Challenge continuing 30 Poems in 30 Days in April Poem # 3

Here is poem # 3. This was hard to write but glad I did. For me personal but potent.

For Emil

You are long gone,

maybe re-born

but I still wonder

what went wrong.

Divorce is such an ugly word

and doesn’t fit the feeling.

What about we were done,

finished with our project of

learning how to co-exist?

What about we learned so much

from each other and are better for it?

What about, what about, what about?

I still think of you and wish I was brave

enough to admit I made mistakes!

I made them alright, I made them and let them flourish.

What a fool I was, what a fool I am!

But thank you anyway for trying.

I’m sorry if it wasn’t my best work.

I guess I was trying, trying, trying too hard.

Maybe that was your mistake

for letting me get away with it.

Ha, Ha, so you’re not perfect either.

Hey, what if I forgive you if you forgive me?

Emil?