Could Have Been Better
6th September 2023

It could have been better,
but what does it matter,
left here alone,

heart a flutter
dignity in the gutter,
my dreams …having flown.

Prompt: It Could Have Been Better

Wild Goose Pagoda in Autumn,
Xian, China.

…I tried to forget her,
wrote in a letter,
that she could have loved even me a little, or lied,

hard to behold,
the world feeling so cold,
alone …I knelt down …and cried.