Apologies

it’s so easy to apologize.

look.
i can do it now:

i’m sorry.

that was so easy,
and it doesn’t take
anything,

but doesn’t that
make you feel
better?

such a simple phrase,
such a simple gesture,
why can’t all thi—

oh.
wait.
you don’t feel better?
why not?

i
said
i was sorry.

well,
what more do you want, then?
i can’t give you anything else.
there's nothing else to give.

you should be the one
apologizing to me.
after all, you’re the one
making me feel guilty,
and i wouldn’t have felt guilty
in the first place
if you hadn’t been there
to make me feel guilty.

i’m really sorry.
really and truly sorry.
sorry from the bottom of my heart.

there. is that good enough for you?