A Thought About Love #1 — I Went There to Break Up With Her

There was a time
I decided to leave her.

We had been together
for seven years.

I was in Australia then.

I thought that when I returned to Korea,
I would tell her in person.

A breakup, I thought,
wasn't something you said over the phone.

Then her father became seriously ill.

Not now, I thought.
This can wait.

So I stayed by her side
through that time.

And then, one day,
I looked at her again.

The woman I had planned
to break up with.

And somehow,
I liked her.

Still.

So I never said the words.

Years later,
after we were married,
I finally told her.

"Back then,
I was going to leave you."

Then I added,

"But when I saw you again,
I still liked you."