An Apology

I can say that my silence was wrong

And to be so wasn't strong

The thought of the mystery fills me with regret

You were gone before too long,

And your distaste of me I don't object.

Here I contemplate the affair so abject

And have no words to say

There'll be no apology to collect

My mind is burned by that day

When I wondered if I should stay

But the choice of die now cast

My will can I only obey

Yet this recollection will last,

Distantly in the past.