He said:
I’m sorry that I couldn’t save you:
I had neither the courage, nor the time,
And nor the love, and nor the substance necessary
To stand between you and the monsters,
Devouring your feverish, enchanted mind;
/
She said:
I understand and do not blame you,
I, too, you see, lacked all the things you lack:
I ran faster than ever-speeding seconds,
Away from ruthlessly incomprehensible responses
To questions that I read between the lines upon my hands
/
He said:
I thought, you would, as always,
Save yourself…
/
She said:
I tried, as always, but that night, somehow,
I failed