Heather Pound

I am regretful, my love,

for those words that

just left my mouth

critical, unkind

Something that I had not

noticed yet bounced

off my own heart, unexpected,

and targeted yours instead,

and for this I must

most earnestly apologize

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I will stop now, take space

and listen, grapple with this

clue that I have been given

and find the culprit in my heart

instead of continuing to ask

you to bear the brunt of an

issue that is mine

—–We all have bad moments but projecting our issues onto others is a destroyer of relationships

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