Back in Fifth Grade

She held on to her obsession for a thousand years, all for one apology from the man who had betrayed her.

He refused to be reborn for a thousand years, all for the moment they would meet again and he could say, “I’m still me.”

He watched over her for a thousand years, waiting for that one backward glance.

Their bond was forged over a thousand years, yet even it could not overcome fate.