You have been cruel
And I’ve been silly,
So we are equally to blame
For the wrongs of lying and believing,
For giving ours – and each other’s – words such meanings
As were convenient on certain days;
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Your mouth would laugh
But not your heart, while
My eyes would smile
But not my lips:
Our feelings, all – misunderstandings,
Our paths – too different to the same home to lead
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Forgiveness is
The longest journey,
So one must forgive readily;
You I can say good-bye to, but how to
Part with my own pathetic childishness,
At being weak – with so much shame and guilt?
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All I can do is
Keep on moving: utter my words,
Regretting what I say; make friends,
Who may or may not be that to me;
And climb mountains of pain
To glowing summits – in my head
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And love each step –
And have no fear of loving;
For there is nothing worse than being scared;
Nothing could hurt more
Than the angry words we’ve spoken,
Except the kind words which remain, and die, unsaid