people keep telling me to forgive you.
that i'll be a better person for it.
but i do not.
i cannot.
for all the times you sat me on your lap and told me
"all good girls kiss their daddy,"
for all the times you
almost
crossed a line.
for all the times you held my thigh in the car,
the small of my back for way too long.
i was just a little girl.
and he is just a little boy.
i cannot forgive you
because i cannot forgive what i did not say.
i cannot forgive myself.
because in the end,
no matter what anyone says,
i didn't say anything.
and it's all my fault.
YOU ARE READING
for all of the times you could have said i love you, and didn't.
Poetrythis is a collection of poetry from all the times we could have said i love you, and chose not to.
