Portrait of An Apology

Look what I've done

This picture I've painted

It looks like my heart

Or what still remains

Convinced of the weight

Your interpretations

Are not what I see

I wish they could be

I remember it much redder

I remember it much brighter

Can you stay for a while

Try to imagine this

Could you be for a while

I can't remember it

Could you fall for a while

I can't escape from this

I'll try to explain

The way that the frame

Doesn't quite fit the image

Or surround the edge

It stands on display

What do you see?

Behold all the new grey

What's become of the old me

I remember it much redder

I remember it much brighter

Can you stay for a while

Try to imagine this

Could you be for a while

I can't remember it

Could you fall for a while

I can't escape from this

Calling, crying, ashamed of what I am not

Really failing, falling into this cage and I can't escape

I can't escape

Look what I've done

This picture I've painted

Doesn't quite fit

Or surround the edge

I remember it much redder

Can you stay for a while

Try to imagine this

Could you be for a while

I can't remember it

Could you fall for a while

I can't escape from this

I can't escape, I can't escape, I can't escape