Truly Sorry

take your sorry with you, and face the inevitable,
i am done taking stock. building inventory of 'i am sorry'
sorry i called you a liar,
sorry i believed your friend, when she said 'she is no good for you'.
sorry i wasn't there for your big night,
sorry that i couldn't get away,
and be accosted by your 'nagging'.

take your sorry, and of with you, and be damned.
i absolve the minute details of being you lover,
sorry for the inquisitive looks. when you smelt not of his cologne,
her, and my lingering scent.
take your sorry,
launder it.

taken your sorry for far to long,
and time past, the world was awash with impunity.
awash with clemency.
take your sorry and save a soul.

poem by Angella Wangari Kariuki
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