Too Often Too Late

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She realized
too late,
after thought had returned
and her lungs refilled,
that he might have
been The One.

The problem was,
he was a stranger
and gone,
the moment another cruel moment
courtesy of her introverted,
demisexual self.

In an age
where rushing
meant falling behind,
she struggled with trust,
with sorting through emotional complexities
until it was too late.

©May 2021
Christina Anne Hawthorne

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