and for that we are sorry

to restore peace and
bondage is a burden
unheard of among the
poor and lonely

collected thoughts
to be lamented
and to say that none
of this came straight

could see it in
each other’s eyes
varying stories about
getting in the way

did no real harm to
love the confessions
feel that in our selfishness
a view is torn apart
and sometimes bound

reason to believe that
any wrong betrayed
would devastate
this pretty century