I apologize for any hurt I've caused,
once inert,
now explosive,
sometimes corrosive,
indecisive,
recklessly divisive.
You needn't pay for my environment or my choices.
The clamor of voices is deafening
,perhaps my pride has cloaked me in clouds,
rendering me unseen among the crowd.
The world's icy embrace prompted my heart's hardening,
a diamond,
yes,yet unpolished, rough.
Layers shelter pain,
sometimes masked by bluff.
No excuses suffice,
I'm tending my bruises,
easing short fuses
within time's gentle graces.
I wish to leave better traces.
