01. I Left You Behind

Please forgive me

For selling you short as I always do,

All those hurtful things I put you through.

I know that I’ve made life difficult

Laying out traps for you.

I’m sure you ask what was I thinking

When my vengefulness grew.

What sabotage did I intend pursue

Through each surreptitious rendezvous?

The answer is one I’ve yet to find out,

But I’ll examine each scissure,

Probe every fissure

Until I can erase any doubt

Of my mind’s whereabouts.

For now I’ll have to get back to you,

Yet if one thought now does come through

I’m sorry I nested and flew –

You deserved better yet I left you behind.

Please forgive me.

Author's Notes/Comments: 

Written April 2008.

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