Tonight

Tonight I said
goodbye -
farewell,
to one-sided love.
I sat across the
table and looked
into your eyes -
the question asked
and answered.
It's not fair to you,
nor me, to layer
this friendship in pain
and awkward silence,
words unspoken,
denied so long ago.
Perhaps one day
I'll feel it was a
good thing, but
tonight, all I feel is
regret.

© Eleanor Clark
25 August, 2015

Although this is a standalone poem, I wrote a follow-up poem to be paired with it called Regret.