Promises

"Whatever happened to Paris?"
she asked
recalling the long ago
promise he'd made
After twenty years
she still did not 
possess a passport
"That was important to you?
I never knew," he replied
with a nonchalant shrug
as she picked up her pen
to sign the divorce papers
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Liguori Avatar
September 14, 2021 at 6:37 PM
My broken heart is breaking more with these words.
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