...actively comment on free verse pieces, but this one caught my attention. Can we look at changing the line breaks in S2? (Just my own take, so no right or wrong here, and perhaps you prefer to keep the piece in couplets)

Then, when you turned to leave,
the same room emptied
into an anxious, gray regret

I think you referred to it as enjambment? Correct me if I'm wrong.

Thomas

there a time or two, wondering where an introduction might have led. I recognized the feeling right away. Nothing I would change and the single line; nicely done! ~ Geez.
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Wondering what could've been...if one of us had just been a little braver and spoke to the other. Maybe our lives would've turned out very different. Another great write that leaves your reader to ponder!

Hi Lavender.

What if we had followed are instincts and made the first move? Might our life been changed by such a move? Would it have been better or worse? I have no idea but there have been many times when I have asked myself the questions mentioned.

Thanks for an enjoyable read. - Will

You have this magical way of writing that sets the hook quickly and takes the reader to the heart of the focus. I really like:

Your name never had the chance to linger on
my lips, to slip itself behind the word,

"Hello..."

(Lost opportunities...)

*hugs, Cat