Amends

A heart that has been touched

will turn

walking back along the path of words —

things said in hope of being heard,

whose impact may have singed another:

“No, that wasn’t what I meant —

I didn’t mean to cause you pain

I only wanted to be seen

Please let me make it right again”

Back along the path

Running now, to close the distance

Running, hoping not to trip

To reach you, and . . . 

What’s needed here 

is not more explanations

Such words, I fear, would only further tangle

Just let me take the time to stop

to witness you

To listen and to hear

Behold you

and really see

Breathe with you 

until you know:

When your heart spoke,

Its language stopped me in my tracks

Made me turn back.

©Wendy Mulhern

July 23, 2012