I Wouldn't Request

I wouldn't request that you neglect

How I've double-crossed your trust.

I'm asking, however, that you pardon

Since I believe I should.

I can't simply let our friendship go

Nor let this quietness last.

I realize I can't fix what's finished,

Be that as it may, kindly, let past be past.

Allow my error to be memory

Where you might keep your aggravation,

While I destroy this thing

I'll at absolutely no point ever do in the future.

What's more, let us indeed reestablish

A friendship that is genuine:

Limping, indeed, yet alive,

With wounds that time can mend.