In a parallel universe,
he would ask for my heart.
But this is here, this is now.
Not fantasy, where we walk hand in hand.
Fearless.
And he sacrifices everything for me,
while always wondering,
what if-
Now I sit alone,
even when I’m not alone,
always wondering, what if-
Sharon is a nurse-attorney and writer. She lives in the midwest and her works have appeared in Flash Fiction Magazine, Dying Dahlia Review and 50-Word Stories.
My parents cried when the doctor said, “Congratulations. You’ve got twins on the way.”
My parents cried as they decorated the nursery and decided what our names would be.
My parents cried that night when I took my first breath, as my partner in crime for nine months never did.
Sharon Ezekiel is a nurse- attorney who lives to write. Her fiction work, “The Storm Cellar” was published in Flash Fiction Magazine and her poem, ” Prelude to My Epitaph” was published in Dying Dahlia Review.