Regret

We drifted, we parted

We let each other go

I rankled, I bickered

I put on a poor show.

Unformed in heart

To have had the art

To see in pettiness

We were caught and mired,

Hopelessly arguing on

In crossed- purpose become 

Affronted, bone-headed and tired

We dug in, we kept on,

Indulging our fears and suspicion

It ended, we continued

A stupid war of attrition.

We moved on, but held on

Like poison in the blood,

Misdirected, self-defeated

No flower from this bud.

Now a lifetime has passed

I look back aghast

At the loss and the hurt I inflicted

And ever trapped in my eye

Is the love that won’t die

And a murderer convicted.