The email

by lxvia · 17/03/2026
Published 17/03/2026 16:37

The email,

Subject line,

stark white screen

a blue hyperlink

I hadn't seen

in a long time.


'I'm sorry.'

Two words, flat,

like a stone skipped

across a still pond.

No ripple.

Just the weight

of what wasn't said

a decade ago.


It feels cheap now,

like finding a lost coin

that's not legal tender.

What good is it?

Just another thing

to delete.

Another thing

that's just too late.

#apology #digital communication #missed connection #regret #time #unresolved grief

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