vivid

The path should have hurt. 

The water should have been colder. 

The fear should have been greater .

We should have looked harder,

And he should have lived. 

 

No more shoulds-

I love you's flow freely.

You can't fix the regret-

Just don't let it happen again.

This poem is about: 
Me
My community

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