I'm sorry

maybe you’ve whispered I’m sorry to a scarlet sky,

 

maybe you’ve lamented prodigal sons and wandering daughters,

 

why shouldn’t I apologize to the wide, wonderful world

 

for all the things I cannot change?

 

I blame the weather when I get to this place,

 

those who are lost to us don’t need me to be more personal;

 

those who have mastered the little lessons and gone on

 

don’t mind my foolish ways.

 

just because I want to  pluck myself out of this life

 

and chisel you out of that one;

 

I would still follow that smile wherever it leads me.

 

I suppose I'll whisper another I'm sorry to the wide, wonderful world

 

just because I can.

Reviews

[Sel Whiteley]

A stunning poem, aching with the beauty and tragedy of love. I love the use of questions in poems because the poem becomes even more engaging, same with the "you". I love the framing lines with the apology at the beginning and end, making the poem come full circle.

[Ed Hart]

i said 'sorry' so many times, i actually got ahead of the game; now i carry them around in a sack, like i did my marbles when i was a kid...in fact, it's the same old sack...oh, sorry about personalizing this comment

[TAO]

Emily Burns, you can always manage to strike a chord within us, plucking nerves like playing a sad, spanish melody on the acoustic guitar. I love this poem, I can so say with all sincerity. Beautifully written with a flow the mightiest of rivers could envy. Well done, Ms.

[Robin]

rendered from the heart ~ words felt deep within ~ poetry

[emmajoy]

This is a wonderful piece of writing! Whispering 'I'm sorry' shows that you care, there's true empathy in those two words. But isn't it sad when folk misinterpret kind, caring words thinking they're odd or out of place.

Being verbally empathic isn't always enough of course, we have to act too, stand and be counted .. and I'm sure you do, dear friend. I'm like you, so want the world and its people to have peace in their hearts and spirits in every day life; it might be idealistic, 'don't care, it's how I feel.

Your words are so finely and sensitively created:

' why shouldn’t I apologize to the wide, wonderful world ~ for all the things I cannot change? ( I blame the weather when I get to this place, ) ~ those who are lost to us don’t need me to be more personal; ~ those who have mastered the little lessons and gone on ~ don’t mind my foolish ways. ~ just because I want to pluck myself out of this life ~ and chisel you out of that one;'

Known you quite a while, thank goodness you never alter.

[J.P. Bristow]

...this makes my heartache.

[paul]

you write so simply, so profoundly, so clearly.

[A.A.Romanczuk]

Too often have I been a wanderer of this despondent plane...you wish that you could set everything to rights for the whole world in such a state..as if you and only you were to blame...though you are not...oh...how I appreciate your eloquently flowing words...

[Ellen Hammond]

Deep, contemplative thoughts here, not at all foreign to me. Thank you for sharing this, Emily. It is comforting to know others have thoughts like this too. So together we can whisper I am sorry to the wide world just because we can.

[Anthony M Smith Jr]

I really enjoyed these words and thanks for sharing your thoughts.
Life and Light to you and yours!
TT-TTO-NI-K
Elk

[Jeff Loquist]

I think..for this...you have nothing to be sorry for