"I am sorry, I'm sorry"
The words drip off my lips
A sticky sweet apology
For the ways that I exist

Today I exist,
A Fool
When often I am left
As my mouth has run away
To deal with the grief
Of what I stupidly say,
I espouse the only phrase
I can remember these days,
"I am sorry."

Today I exist,
A woman
Ashamed of my heavy voice
And the things I can not see
I am unable to conform
As I implore to be free
I whisper the single epithet
Acceptable for my regret
"I am sorry."

Today I exist,
White
Disgusted by my privelege
And bound by my skin
I will not equal the pain
That I see you are in
And so desperately I plead,
Keep me from complacency,
"I am sorry!"

For the things I rashly say
And the roles that I do not fit,
For the time that I don't take
And the injustices that I permit
Please,
Forgive me,
For today I exist.