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Things I Should Have Said

how many deep regrets come flooding in
when my mind stops to think and dwell upon the past
examining them all right here and now
my heart is horrified and baulks and stands aghast
continuing straight on to the source
of my angst-ridden, painful remorse
I have to recognise my failings and faults

I force myself to see the things I've done
now that I'm finding the time to reassess them
how many simple thoughts did I so foolishly
imprison inside and not express them ?
I knew directions both north and south
I surely had a tongue in my mouth
such recollections laden with hurt fill my head
with memories of things I should have said

unable to see the great importance of
acknowledging another's love
so many simple things I did not say are clear today

I can see in frequent flashes from the past
in the revealing light they cast
that gratitude for those who did their best went unexpressed

my family, my friends, and everyone
who's been involved in my life - I should have shown them
it's clear to me my efforts were too few
to show how grateful I was just to have known them
it seems to me that I never knew
the proper way to say 'I love you'
such recollections laden with hurt fill my head
with memories of things I should have said

these memories of things I should have said . . .

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