5. marry me or forever hold your peace
you could have been married by now
perhaps by the ocean with a warm summer breeze to fan your golden cheeks
you could have lifted the veil from my face
and been met with the vibrancy of a woman so explicitly in love with you
you could have met my mother
I could have met yours
your sisters would have told me how just yesterday it seemed you were bothering them with your ability to talk too much
but that would have been one of the things I loved about you most
you could have been treasured
treasured by a force of this universe
with more passion in her pinky finger than in the hearts of a thousand
you could have been the man I promised to love forever
you could have been
you should have been
but you are not
and why does that hurt me more than it hurts you?
