To ________,

How have I fucked up?
Let me count the ways

For the things I did and said,
I apologise

For the way those things made you feel,
I apologise

For over-oiling a jaw best left stuck,
I apologise

For going to pieces so fast you were hit by the shrapnel,
I apologise

For exposing the alexithymic scar across my heart where they tore out the empathy,
I apologise

For making you handle me at my worst,
I apologise

For the things I did and said and the way they made you feel,
I apologise

It will not happen again.

(10 copies please)