Sorry by Rudorwashe Kanukamwe

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For all the cold hearted words

I said,

For all the tears you shed,

For all the time you spent,

in misery

Now I realize,

I never should have treated

You the way I did

I never should have hurt

you the way I did,

I wasn’t sure until I knew it,

Now I realize,

Where anger ends,

forgiveness begins,

to forgive,

Is to set  two prisoners free,

you and me

I am sorry.

Adiós by Tsitsi Gumbo

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sitting....
heart on lap
bloody heart
bludgeoned..sliced
torn..crushed..
my own heart
I let you do it
I held your knifed hand
each deep thrust, I saw..

it beats still....
feeble quiet beats
at least it beats...
and grow they will
my heartbeats...
you'll hear them
only from a distance
never again in your hands.

bye bye heartbreaker!