I'm Sorry

I'm sorry

Have we been trained

To express things we don't mean

And shouldn't we always mean sorry?

But we are so bound by ego

We let anger run unleashed with fear

Throw guilt to the wind

Until we learn those simple words

I'm sorry

For what?

If only I knew

All the little things

Like jabbing needles

That drove us apart

Had I seen their silver sheen

Would I have stopped them?

Or was it meant to be

That here we are again

And

I'm sorry

But not really

Because sorry means

I won't do it again

And in this circumstantial world

Where we are drawn taut with emotion

I would be a fool to say

My actions

Will always be virtuous

We delude ourselves

With dreams of perfection

Cast up a false ideal

I'm sorry

But only in this moment

I want to feel forgiveness

It's release

But tomorrow is another day

When we will learn

Things can't always mend

Because we say

I'm sorry