Swallow Pride

You think it silly

And you may be right

But let us not start that fight

For words do hurt

They can build to rage

Locking our connection in a cage

With bars welded, sunk in concrete

Imprisoned by vanity and spite

Locking us away from love’s bright light

From warm compassion

To a stone cold shoulder

From love’s embrace to refuse to hold her

An angry look

A hurtful word

A stance that says I’m absurd

Once we stared for endless hours

Lost, rapt in each other’s gaze

Now we seek US through misty haze

When you turned,

Turned your back on me

My tears I know you didn’t see

My mind seethes, vindictive thoughts

Yet my heart wants to reach out

Instead - pulling back at every shout

Our frequency got jammed

Our signals got mixed

Turn the dial and let it be fixed

Let’s push reset on this fight

Return to the last save point

To before we got bent out of joint

I have seen it said

‘Love means never having to say sorry’

Maybe in a world with sky ever starry

But, someone has to be the first

To say maybe they were wrong

First to tune back to love’s sweeter song

Before this sun shower becomes a tempest

A hurricane bound to swamp our ship

Don’t let love be destroyed by a radar blip

We have to swallow our pride

Or we’ll be swamped on a rocky shoal

Our unsinkable ship dashed, irreparably unwhole

If only we can bail together

We may both keep from being drowned

Let “I love you..I’m sorry” be the next sound

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Honey… I love you… I’m sorry

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This was inspired by Poetry Influencer Marie381Uk George’s Girl in her lovely poem The First Argument. This one is about trying not to let it be the last.