Pain has been both a friend and foe.
It killed us, it shaped us.

I have spilled my words,
Full of selfishness and full of greed,
Because I was completely blinded
With you as my need.

All I wanted was to be let in,
And not forgotten,
And be a shoulder for you to lean

Lest I have forgotten,
The ways of the Man,
To be gentle and full of love,
As If being a God sent,
From the righteous Above.

Forgive me, milady,
For I retreat now, that's all I can say,
As my bravery's out,
To fight another day.

-J