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
Copyright © | Year Posted 2011

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Konos Avatar
March 3, 2011 at 5:26 AM
Just when you say "exactly" what you want to say, remorse always follows: Tom Hanks
Brown Avatar
March 2, 2011 at 6:02 AM
Congratulations on your well deserved poetry being featured on PoetrySoup this week Martha. Love, Carol
Suzadail Jr. Avatar
February 13, 2011 at 5:26 PM
Words can hurt more than physical abuse. The scars are deeper and harder to see. To keep believing takes determination and courage. Welcome to the soup. Vince
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