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twenty-seven: 11:41 pm

Dear Amy,

i'm sorry.
i'm sorry.
i'm sorry.
i'm so terribly sorry.

i'm sorry
about your abusive father.

i'm sorry
about the words that
would come out
of his mouth
calling you unthinkable things

i'm sorry
about our mother.
and how it feels like she
doesn't really care about you
and how it's almost like she
favors Christopher and i over you.

i'm sorry
about Christopher.
and how you can't really
wrap your mind around what
exactly he's going through right now.

i'm sorry
about myself.
i should not be
such a negative
thing in your life
i should be good
and someone who
is always there to be
able to look up to and
whenever you need me.

i'm sorry
about how i was never really there.
i was too absorbed in my own
self pity to see that you were
struggling as well to keep your head
above the dark blue and icy water.

i'm sorry
that this was the life you were given.
and if i could give you a better one
i most definitely would.

i'm sorry.

harley.
December 20, 2016

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