Forgive The Words I Never Meant Poem by Vanessa Dizon Alvarez

If I spoke in thorns, not thread,
And left your heart in quiet dread,
Forgive the storm I did not see—
The ache I caused unknowingly.

I did not weigh the words I threw,
Nor see the shade they cast on you.
I meant no harm, yet harm was done—
A wound beneath the setting sun.

Forgive the words that came out wrong,
The silence where I should've sung.
I never meant to cause you pain—
But guilt now falls like winter rain.
So take this truth, this quiet plea:
I'm sorry for what came from me.
Let lessons bloom, let anger fade—
And meet me where the hurt was made.

I'll listen now with open skin,
To all the hurt I held within.
And if you grant me one reply—
Let it be grace, not goodbye. .