Vice and Virtue

It had been

356 days,

8,544 hours,

512,640 minutes,

since March 11, 2025.

It had been

356 days of smiling,

and crying, and yelling,

and laughing, and fighting,

I had a funeral yesterday.

A quick goodbye to

the person closest to me.

I can’t quite recall when she died.

It has been so long

since she was alive.

Why have I held on to

her lifeless body?

I chose to lose you,

to lose the love you gave me.

I had to leave you.

I didn’t mean to

let our relationship die.

I couldn’t take it.

Our love looked perfect,