Chapter 21: Regret

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I went too far, didn't I? The words I addressed to you,

the gestures, the looks, all exaggerated, unbalanced. Oh,

how unbalanced I got. It all slipped out of my hands,

as I climbed a sealed, hallucinated staircase in the dark. Oh,

what did I do? All the fault of the impulse, the impulse,

the matrix and guilt of my action.

I followed my heart, and look where it led me.

How much regret stirs the waters of this sea. Oh,

what else could I have done? I lost everything, but it was meant to be,

And for you, yes, for you I would do it again. Isolated from love, oh,

but what else could I have done? Every alternative

Was named betrayal.

Betrayal, at least: I avoided you.

What I am entitled to is a different kind of regret.