Woof! I strongly urge you to reconsider your decision to withhold my dinner for it was only a minor crime that should not leave me food less for a time
this situation is certainly partly your fault for exposing your best shoes to assault by discarding them carelessly inside the front door such that my resistance steadily weakened wherefore
the attraction of soft chewy elastic leather proved as irresistible as a day of sunny weather when chewing shoes in vestibule halls equates to the joy of parkside chasing of balls
and you must admit my masticating those tasty treats is not the equivalent of nutritious and tasty meat so spare a thought for an act ne’er again to be mentioned please, your dismay was never my intention I strongly exhort you to review my sentence
in return I’ll offer a cute and remorseful look of ne’er again pretence
The mountain ahead was a really big deal with trees on its flanks but few flat green fields up on the ridges were sharp flinty stones this was the path I must travel alone all through my young life I believed what they said crossing the mountain was folly many ended up up dead
I dreamed of the mountain most every night in my dreams of the mountain I looked up and took flight over the mountain I did range I did soar over the mountain I sought release from remorse I scoured the slopes and I scoured the crown but I saw little and little I found my dreams fell shattered and broke on the ground I determined I must climb by foot from the town
I wandered for days on flat lands for a time before reaching the base of the mountainous climb the gentle foot hills were covered with flowers the meadows were rich I crossed them in hours the mountain itself was immediately steep the forest was thick the scree cut my feet I had to use switchbacks many miles for a few only meters in altitude gained daily as I drew toward the top of the mountain’s ragged sharp peak in crisp snow and cold air were answers I did seek
I reached the summit with its razor sharp edge I looked on the other side from a dizzying ledge and what did I find on this remote outlook enough for a page enough for a book I found enough to shake me and to realise that my thinking was blinkered by my very own lies
my remorse was false a craven escape from fear of the truth in me now awake I had thought it would be different on the other side but all I discovered was another brutal slide and that I did not need to climb to be true I needed to scramble all the way back down to you to say I am sorry for the harm that I did to understand the hurt that occurred when I fled I am sorry for the struggle the wounds that I gave I beg for forgiveness if there is any to be saved
It has been too long without you There has been too much time Worlds lie between us As I pay for my crime
My cell is my world of four hard walls
Spartan and bare
My memory is my cell forever I keep seeing you there
As each long long day passes .....
My sentence every minute
Gives way to darkness My loss lies within it
When I look through my barred window I expect in some light To see you running towards me Again my mind at flight
I pace I groan squat in the corners
Of this tiny space
Close and open my eyes And still see your face
I see you on the day as lovers we were wed I see you in the night on the matrimonial bed I see us on every outing all the things we did I see us laughing and loving as besotted kids I see your auburn fringe and wavy locks I see your long legs above bobby socks I see your bright blue eyes black long lashes I see your olive skin the smile that flashes I feel you in my arms in the softest embrace I remember all your charms I feel my disgrace
Where is your world now my love And is he there with you No I am not proud my love If I could bring you back I’d kiss you
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