Written for:  Go Dog Go Cafe – Tuesday Writing Prompt
“Write a poem using the phrase “if we never”.

One day he told her
they would have 
to part. It was not
a surprise; they both
knew the ending. Summer
was ceding to Fall. Fairy-
tales sailed along with
happy endings expected,
and those hot months
seemed as surreal 
as a haze shimmering
over the ocean. Both had
families, responsibilities
that could not be overlooked.
Ending their affair took
courage. They cried. They
did not regret. She said,
‘If we never pursued 
this electricity burning
between us, we would
not have delicious
memories to stir the heat
on dark evenings.’

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