For all the lame reasons
I could never be there
Treasured moments
when I stayed away
For all those times
excuses were made
And for whose faults
I’m justly blamed
I’d change them all
in my twilight
To spend my time
making amends
But sadly life gives us
only one chance
To make the right choices
to love and befriend
These scars that I carry
the weight I must bear
For my sins of omission
their punishment fair
As now I sit lonely
away from the fire
Avoiding all mirrors
— where memory conspires
(The New Room: June, 2026)