Forgive the things I did
Or said to make you cry
Forgive this distant look
I give you when you smile
I’m sorry if through me
You yourself have changed
Forgive this crumbling house
Where our loving home should be
And for all the words I speak
Which are never words of love
Yet they are all I have
To breach our silent hours
And all the empty promises
Which break before sunrise
Forgive me all I’ve done
And all I never did
I’m sorry I can’t see
Things as I once did
I’m sorry that I want
To forget our twenty years
Forgive me for forgetting
All the things we learned
Forgive me for renouncing
Our vows and secret dreams
And forgive all those who seek
Nothing in this world
Those who always sleep
Yet never dare to dream
Forgive these people and
Especially forgive me
For I have never known the forgiveness
Which we in turn forgive