How much does an apology weigh?
Surely no more than a bouquet of flowers or
fingers tightly knotted together in a nervous ball.

An apology costs as much as the time
wasted on weeping for friendships that have gone with the wind
and the venom that blackened the hearts
of those in need of it.

It looks like the weight on the shoulders
of those who held on too tight
and realized that it was too late to let go
since their nails had stuck in the rotten words.

Apologies are meaningless because
by the time they are formed
the nasty arguments have etched their way
into the paper skin and the screaming
has added itself in the pile of voices of one's head.

Thus,
I'm sorry for this poem.