You Inspired My Love Of Jazz - Poem by Percy Flage

Did you know
That, for years,
You were my biggest regret?

I felt so bad about what I did.
So fucking terrible.
For the longest time,
I just wanted to tell you I'm sorry.

And then,
When you finally spoke to me,
I didn't say a thing.
Well, I'm sorry.

I don't think,
That you will ever
Be able to fully forgive me;
I probably wouldn't be able to,
Had the tables been turned.

I tried falling into a hole
That was not my hole to fall in,
And when I did,
I scraped my knee.

My knees have been damaged,
From both before and after
That hole.
The scars will never fade.
At least not all completely.

(May 12,2010)