Enthralled: Paranormal Diversions (Wicked Lovely 5.50)

It was mine.

But I forgive you

for not saving me

from myself.”

I wait for him to explode with,

“You forgive me?

That’s a good one.

You should beg me

to forgive you

for ruining my life,

for hurting

Mom

and Dad

and Dylan

and Siobhan

and everyone else

stupid enough to love you.”

But instead,

Mickey’s shoulders rise

and fall

in the longest,

fiercest

breath

I’ve seen him take in months.

He closes his eyes

and pulls the head of the guitar

toward his own,

presses the pegs

against his forehead,

so hard,