Regret is a lot like hope,
Drags you down, paralyzed,
Falling down the same slope,
Dreams had, unrealized,
Back in time you in vain grope,
Stare back when, hypnotized.
twice before you fell quiet,
and in each small fist of meaning,
i could not say enough.
you pressed your heartbeat
to my fingertips.
i let it falter.