Certain words must be said

Duane Michals

"Things had become impossible between them, and nothing could be salvaged. 

Certain words must be said. 

And although each one had said those words, a hundred times to herself, they had never said them to each other outloud.  

So they began to hope that someone else would say the words for them.  

 Now they spent their days waiting. What else could they do?”