So what do we say to those we have broken?
How do we put it all back together when our hands tremble and we can’t open our mouths to hold their names.
We could say sorry
Sorry that I led you into the ocean, I let it mesmerize you but left you behind and let the waves engulf you, sorry that I let you drown, I should have warned you that everything is two sided that peace comes hand in hand with chaos and love comes hand in hand with pain, I should have told you.

I could blame you
It’s your fault you didn’t try to save yourself, it’s your fault you stayed still when you saw me running from the high tides, you should have went out the same way you came in when it all came falling down and not wait for me to tell you to leave.
Where were your defenses? You shouldn’t have stayed still, you should have ran for your life perhaps you would be on the sand with your toes dipped all happy not gasping for air fighting to stay afloat.

Or we could both be quiet.
What’s there to say?
We can spin a coin and choose whether it’s endless apologies or maybe fingers can be pointed or we could just stay silent.
We could stay silent and wait for time to gracefully arrive and hold us both in her cottage,where she will kiss our scars and tell us all the things our mothers should have told us about love. Let’s stay silent.