The Apology

I want to tell you I am sorry, but will you listen to what I say?

I want to say I got it wrong, that my words got sent astray.

I want to mend the things that broke

To make the parts back whole

But when I try, I cannot find a way.

It is all too easy to descend into cliche and the commonplace,

To make the heartfelt words march to an age old tune

That riles and rankles in a modern age.

But even so, it can be the hardest thing anyone can ever say,

Simply - I am sorry. 

Trite? It quite possibly is, and yet, and yet

The meaning is surely not obscured by the poorly drawn

And cheap imitation kitten that graces the card

That carries the message that an apology

Is being offered?

Can we draw a line under all that went wrong?

(c) 2ndwitch, 22/12/10