How To Say Sorry

the process is easy but toughened by

minds that get wheezy at the thought of

finding words beyond the five letters 

perturbed by 

the response not yet known 

easier to say than to admit 

that one did everything wrong 

because one did not know

what it feels like to stand in

someone else's shoes, big or small

and they all say they hurt when

their shoes are new, and not yet worn by

onlookers, witnesses, past lovers,

yet barricade their feet from moving past

like blisters are promised.

well what if,

you worry about the blisters you cause and

how it may have ruined the wearer

and their feet

and their gait

well what if,

the hurt you cause is bigger than yours

and pain is a thing that comes from you

to others, knowing, unknowing.

How to say sorry,

perhaps do not say it at all.

perhaps reserve the pretense,

the crying after the milk, spilled,

perhaps clean it up and soothe the sorrow,

for words cannot tackle

all that has been burrowed.