Just One Thing

Stop, rewind, play. Every moment of every day. I watch this scene and scream at the screen, But I can't stop from flowing that lie obscene. I feel the burn as it passes over my lips The insult from my sharp tongue as it slips. The pain in your eyes as it does its target find Your face contorts; an image burned in my mind. What a cursed, wretched, venomous vessel With which, for perfect control, I must always wrestle. My dear, my darling, my treasured friend I beg you, return, come back; let us make amends. "No fear, no regrets" is my life's creed And it was true until my foolish misdeed. I wish for nothing less and nothing more Than to turn back time and swallow the words I abhor. But all the wishing will never give back to me That utterance loosed stupidly. Always as I see it play before my eyes I can feel my soul shrivel as it dies. An outstretched hand, a throat raw and numb Begging a past me not anger to succumb. There is one thing I feel I must do One thing I know cannot come true. One thing my heart screams to complete "Stop. Rewind. ...delete..?"