Sunday Muse # 59

it would have been so easy
to keep her alive
a few drops
so little

i often wondered
if it was just self centredness
narcissim thoughtlessness insensitivity
or a power trip to make her beg
an act of deliberate hatred

there was a time
not so long ago
when the last option
could never have been addressed
or accepted as a possibility

now  on reflection
it probably is the most likely
there is a lot to be said
for a life spent
head in the clouds
dodging the brutal truth

reality is a ruthless task master
not for the faint hearted
best saved for the pointy end of life