Sorry? I Am! Poem by Ayokunle Adeleye

When I think about the story
Of how I lost a friend who is a glory
I always worry
About why you refuse my sorry

I know you want to be alone
So you can forget me and be on your own
But the guilt of the insult I have sown
Prevents me from being on my own-like a drone

I admit my mouth was loose
And what came out was like unpalatable juice
Hence I'm the person whose
Only way out is his asking for truce

Please stop looking at me with a frown
Because it makes my hope of a rekindled friendship drown
In me fear sprouts
When at me you look as if we've had bouts

Of course I surrender
There's no way I can get a conscientious defender
Because I am a guilty offender
Who doesn't deserve a defender

Neither can I possibly pretend
That you, I did not offend
But to bring this to an end
Please take me back-as a friend

I am sorry, Ibukun
Forgive me and come out of you cocoon
I know you aren't an unforgiving Jew
So be what you are-a forgiving Olanrewaju

I admit my crime is so grievous
That my punishment was so serious
My name I need not add to this goo
'Cos you already know who.