They say good things come to those who wait but sometimes if you wait just long enough, they get so much worse. It’s been an entire lifetime since he left me, yet somehow it feels like it was just yesterday that I sat huddled in the corner. I rebuilt myself after the damage that had been done, but he wants more. He always wants more. Soon, I will have nothing left to give but myself. Even in death, he was never really gone.

Publication Year: 2025