If I knew better, I wouldn’t have waited a second to say sorry

Dialogues over coffee

How stubborn must our hearts be to stay stuck on a few silly questions, and to leave answers to the future, knowing all too well that, as days pass, those answers will break us?

If I knew better, I wouldn’t have taken a second to say I’m sorry.

Photo by Jack Finnigan on Unsplash

"It was a silent apology."
"What?"
"Wasn’t I silent all this time?"
"Mmm... you don’t regret leaving me, do you?"
"Umm, I actually do."
"Well, nothing here seems like regret."
"Because it was a silent regret."
"Again—what?"
"Wasn’t I silent all this time?"
"I just... I just can’t wait any longer to—"
"Wait, please. Firstly, let me just say that I’m sorr—"

Photo by Ezra Jeffrey-Comeau on Unsplash

This piece is part of my upcoming book, 30 Days of Sunsets and Sunrises.

Read more from the collection:

• The Foam and the Stars