THE RETURN

Honey, it
has been so long
since the funeral
and the ultimatum
and the end.

We have not spoken
in all that time
though I have envisioned
our conversations
– or, rather,
the gestures
since I can never be sure
just what you’ll say.

It was ugly
at the end,
I admit that.
You said some pretty hurtful things
things that I have thought about
and considered,
and finally decided were incorrect.

I’d like to explain that all to you,
if you’re willing to listen.

Tell me,
my sweet:
do you forgive me now?
Will you reconsider our life
and return to what we once kept so close?
Oh.
How about now?
Now?
…

now?