The Door is Unlocked. I am Awake.

Endings are ruthless. They make you forget every bit of acid existing in relationships in a moment. Regret pours in like the flood of a broken dam. But when the last line has been crossed, when the artery is cut to kill, the path reaches a crevasse - another step is a step into the valley of death.   Deep inside all lovers know when that point has been reached. But hope - that great harbinger of false dawns - persists. It attempts to give color to what is irrevocably grey. And makes the one who been walked out from, to wait, to think, of the strands of gold in the bushels of weed.   But nothing works.   Time slowly covers the one who waits in a thin coverlet of regret which, in time,  becomes a thick blanket of bitterness. There's no "I'm glad you were here" which remains. It's only "Why did you even come into my life."   If you liked this poem, consider listening to these other poems which talk of hope and regret - <ul><li><a href='https://open.spotify.com/episode/68xh9IWDSpJlDmIoLL6Xfz?si=_2C1y4MaRkOCWznZSQvH4w&utm_source=whatsapp'>A City Made of Our Sighs</a></li> <li><a href='https://open.spotify.com/episode/3LvQE14MfdW7Koe5SBKR5R?si=k-5RuLDxQfyCwY5-NpNkRA&utm_source=whatsapp'>Departures</a></li> <li><a href='https://open.spotify.com/episode/1d8TKA92aJAUTFyWh8mG6C?si=d_wPSz9RSCKYL8FA_aXtjw&utm_source=whatsapp'>Love (After The Stories Are Told)</a></li> </ul> Find other magical things, like a lovely free chapbook of poems, and other resources <a href='https://linktr.ee/UncutPoetry'>here</a>.   Uncut Poetry has started a new Podcast called Red River Sessions (on <a href='https://open.spotify.com/show/6GjsHb89DFnn6qKQcs3Ybu?si=swMZ_-eXQ3mhaH-hp3HX0g&utm_source=whatsapp&dl_branch=1'>Spotify</a>, <a href='https://podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/uncut-poetry-presents-red-river-sessions/id1572804012'>iTunes</a>, Pocket Casts, etc), where we will talk to published poets, about their poetry, their craft and what haunts them. It is brought to you by Red River, which is the premier independent publisher of poetry boo