NaPoWriMo Day 10: Never Say Never

20/20 In Hindsight

I never wanted to say I love you

But then, if I put together

All the things I never meant to do

Stacking one on another like

A babel tower of regret

It would reach

The lower atmosphere

I never meant to leave you

But then, there were all those words

Falling out of our mouths like

So many diamonds

Sharp and bright and

In reality

Worthless

I never tried to forget the way

You looked at me

Like I was something better

But then, the truth is

I never was

And saying something

Doesn’t make it real

I never thought I’d be here now

But then, a firecracker

Will always work best from a rooftop

We packed our hearts

Too close, too tight

Fireworks are fine, and bright

But only when it’s dark

I never asked for what you gave me

But then, that never stopped you

Did it?

I'm not totally happy with the ending here, so I'll probably workshop it later, but I just fell in love with "a babel tower of regret" so I decided to go with it.