Regret

REGRET Angry words spoken In a heated moment Cut like ice Chilling the bone And scarring the soul Can’t take them back Or erase the sting Can you receive Softly spoken words Of repentance? To trust again Is not easy Decisions made in haste Lived out with regret Joy is abandoned Only despair Covers the soul And obscures our dreams With hopelessness Suppressed longings Lie hidden under Layers of self-contempt Can you receive A divine solution To free the soul Of its’ delusion? To believe again Is not so easy Beauty for ashes If we can receive mja