perdition

"sorry,"
he plainly said
as if I could
pick up that shattered
piece of broken
heart
freely given him.
"sorry"
and I dashed out
a wet rag:
a hag in tears
that's worse for wear.
"sorry,"
and I was
wrung out
a hundred times
over, left
useless
in the space
between
promises
and
perdition.


©2006 b.cisek

per·di·tion (p&r-'di-sh&n), noun: 1 a archaic : utter destruction b obsolete : loss; 2 a :b eternal damnation : hell
definition courtesy of merriam-webster online