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I have Wounded you.
Thoughtless words are the knives
with many blades, they wound as
they fall from the pen.
Judgement lay unrealised upon
the page. Careless eyes,
blind of understanding had
condemmed the innocent.
Apologies lie empty as shells
within the sand, or the pebble
washed away in an icy river's
flow, which no amends
can stem.
Once spoken, often
Once spoken, often remembered, the curse, or beauty of words. It's unfortunate that the position you find yourself was contrived in innocence. Hopefully for your sake, and that of your family, time will resolve the problem.
Your explanation and words of atonement are well written, I hope peace and forgiveness follow.
Thank you Wordman, one
Thank you Wordman, one daughter has accepted my apologies but doesn't believe it was a mistake, my other daughter has cut me out of her life, she will neither accept my apologies or believe it was a mistake, because as they both said how could I misread it because I'm good with words as I write poems. Its very cold when you have no one On your side. Sue.
My sister
My sister, Woah! Your bad side is no place for me! Let me tell you. I am glad that I came today on your good side. Woah wee! I enjoyed this one for sure.
That's the thing I don't
That's the thing I don't think I have a really bad side, just a careless side. I grieve over the pain I have given them, I would never do that intentionally, I try never to hurt or offend anyone. Oh if only I had read that wretched fb quote properly.
Thank you for reading and taking the time to leave a comment too, I'm glad you enjoyed the poem. :-) sue.
I Offend All The Time
Purposfully and intensively - if you've noticed. Poets use the entire arsenal - I seldom apologize. Damage done, move on. We are writers. We voice it, try to clarify the muddled. Newspapers write retractions, poets go on to villify and defend intellectual terra firma.
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Harm is seldom the intent - there is no accounting for perception levels and plethoric ignorance. Recently, the poet asked why humans are so dumb? Most people are narcisstic, selfish, egotistical, money grubbing, and, on occasions, mean spirited and hateful.
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Writing is a coin with two sides: what you write and what was heard are often not the same entity. We strive ever to make them equal, we seldom succeed. And still, we use our voices, correct or in error to say. That's the point, the good stuff! Keep writing - you are sooooooooo good at it!
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Thank you Stella, I really
Thank you Stella, I really appreciate your words, and in many ways I very much agree with you. But sadly ( once again ) this was all my fault and unforgivable. I skim read a quote on Facebook and completely misunderstood its meaning, I read it as " Who would make your life BETTER in these situations" then it listed ruined dreams, unhappy life" etc, I said my children because of course they would make things better. But what the quote had actually said "who would be to BLAME for those situations!
I hadn't realised my dreadful mistake until everything fell apart, and of course no matter how much I tried to explain, neither of them believed I hadn't read it properly. I accidentally offended my younger daughter before, and it was almost a year before I
was tentatively allowed back into their or my grandchildren's life.
my older daughter is more forgiving but I know she still doesn't believe it was a mistake, and everything is awful.
Forgive me chiming in, but I
Forgive me chiming in, but I feel the greatest offense may have been for your daughter to remove you from the life of your grandchildren for a whole year over a single phrase on facebook. That seems cruel to them, in addition to you. Your body of work towards your children's lives (and grandchildren) should outway two words on an electronic page, and I have a faith from your words that you have given a life to love and care, even if (like all of us) imperfect.
I don't quite know how to diagnose the way people have allowed things such as facebook to turn relatively resolvable issues into relationship crippling wars, but they only reason I'm going to withhold words such as "insanity" is because your loved ones are involved and I wish no disrespect, rather only to say that your mistake is not one to be crucified over, so please don't crucify yourself. I pray that your children can now quickly come to look at your longer body of work and give you due benefit of the doubt you sure seem to deserve.
Apologies for such a late
Apologies for such a late reply to your very kind and thoughtful comment. Things are slowly mending with my older daughter
she is a far more gentle forgiving person, but for my other daughter I'm still an outcast. Sue.