Sometimes All You Can Do is Try

I remember this one well. I was asked to write this poem by a guy that I worked with. He'd had a fight with his girlfriend and wanted to apologize without apologizing to her. This is what I came up with.....here it is; all the way from 1886...

Regret

Words were said

And like caged birds

Flew beyond return

I never meant to hurt you

But only to express

The feelings of my heart

The questions of my soul

Together we have shared

And had many happy times

Perhaps tomorrow

We can find our smiles

From yesterday.