I regret both the things I haven’t said and the things I have said. I can’t decide which of these I regret more, though.
I think the worst of my “things I didn’t say” regrets are the things I didn’t say to my stepfather. The last text he ever sent me was a message saying how much he missed my siblings and me, and how much he wanted to see us soon. The last sentence was him saying that he loved us.
I never answered him. Don’t know why. Sometimes I just open texts, read them, and then forget about them. But I never answered him, and a few short weeks later, he was dead. Drug overdose. Just dropped dead in front of my five-year-old half sister.
It’s been two years, but I still think about that a lot. I miss him.
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Yes I suppose, but sometimes just the opposite.
The things I have said, and regret saying– I play them on a loop in my mind.
I’ve opened my mouth when I should have been listening far too many times. Probably just as many times as I have been silenced by fear.
I regret both the things I haven’t said and the things I have said. I can’t decide which of these I regret more, though.
I think the worst of my “things I didn’t say” regrets are the things I didn’t say to my stepfather. The last text he ever sent me was a message saying how much he missed my siblings and me, and how much he wanted to see us soon. The last sentence was him saying that he loved us.
I never answered him. Don’t know why. Sometimes I just open texts, read them, and then forget about them. But I never answered him, and a few short weeks later, he was dead. Drug overdose. Just dropped dead in front of my five-year-old half sister.
It’s been two years, but I still think about that a lot. I miss him.