Leon Stacey Poet Lyric

I'M Sorry

Apologies are 
Commonly phrased 
Cliche afterthoughts 
Of inadequate responses
And inferior substitutes 
For thinking ere speaking, 
Which right no wrongs, 
Created by those 
Desiring to feel better, 
To feel released 
From the guilt of things 
They have said or done 
That hurt others, 
Which are unjustifiable ends 
Through any means; 
Apologies are 
Socially acceptable 
Acknowledgements 
Without true penance 
And useless excuses 
On blemished scapegoats 
Deferred by those 
Expressing regretful sacrifices 
Given in their defense 
For others' pardons, 
Which neither take away  
The things said or done 
Nor heal or cover 
The sting and dull ache 
That the wounded 
Feel and remember 
Deep within.  

Inspired by Ginny Dempsey

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