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9/15/2026 for THE UNSEEN Poetry Contest sponsored by Sotto Poet 

Feet of Clay

I am the man who had the feet of clay
All these years later, I feel I must confess 
I’m the reason that you couldn’t stay.

Fearful, immature, and selfish to this day,  
I loved you truly, but I caused you distress.
I am the man who has the feet of clay.

I was hurt, and I had hurtful things to say,
but the fault was surely mine, no more, no less.
I’m the reason that you couldn’t stay.

That you’ve found love and happiness, I pray.
This, my dear, I can honestly express -
I, the man who has the feet of clay.

I ruminate on all I threw away,
and the life of love that we could not possess. 
I’m the reason that you couldn’t stay.

In my heart, I know at last, now old and gray,  
why I never saw you in a wedding dress. 
I’m the reason that you couldn’t stay.
Yours, with love, the man with feet of clay.

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