Just One Sorry Poem by Zach McClure

Just stay away!
Sobbed she.
Scalding tears
Pool both her palms.

Anger cloaking
Secret fears;
Furrowed brow,
Highlighting years

Her narrow, maiden
Shoulders shake,
Revealing heart’s deep
Epicenter’s break.

Allow me to explain,
Begged he
Choosing ‘no contest’
O’er guilty plea!

Then spinning ‘round
She whispers this,
With lightning from
Her eye:

All I require
Is, just one “sorry”
No explanation
Why.