My apologies fall on deaf ears I'm afraid
As the damage was too great for even all time to...

"Hello there!" I say, though you're...
again you're still the favorite of the four...

The night you were born I cried tears of
joy for the first time in all my days...

Who can I ask?
Who can I tell...

As the dust begins to settle what little...
remained gains flight in one of the last summer...

Over green felt one eve that radiant
smile directed his way first beamed...

I know now that Sorry is just a word
and in my case one I have worn out...

This message from on high it sends
A bantam chance to make amends...

I seem to be at a loss for words my dear
Maybe somehow I'm coming to terms with my worst...

The darkness harkens
and the emptiness calls...

Time after time I awoke
last night with that dreaded...

Closed these hushed
drops stroke barren broken skin...