XI.

she missed him the way she would look for coffee in the morning —
her life was incomplete without it

but she has not heard from him anymore

maybe he was happier without her
maybe he had realized she was not really worth it
maybe he had found somebody else

she did not want to stop when she told him she would
she hoped he would tell her not to stop
but he never did

perhaps she understood differently
perhaps she was really not the type you’d fight for
perhaps she was just not the better choice

perhaps it was all for the best