• Skip to main content
  • Skip to secondary menu
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer

Poetry Catalog

We honor great poets. We honor great poetry.

  • Home
  • About
  • Contact
  • Submit Your Work
  • Writers
  • Advertising / Subscription

Forgive Me, By: Grant Shimmin

March 18, 2024 by Grant Shimmin

Forgive Me, By: Grant Shimmin

Forgive me …

… I totally messed that up
I let you down
I don’t know what I was thinking
Perhaps the truth is that I wasn’t
It was busy but I should have …

Thank you, I’m so grateful for your kindness

I felt the walls closing in at the moment of
realization

You have been so gracious

the self-doubt, the recriminations
Felt my mind on that familiar journey
to the land of worst-case scenarios

Thank you for saying you’ve moved on; that it’s forgotten

I’m so sorry; I feel so stupid

Thank you, I’ll try not to give it another thought

Where would I find that?
Why can’t I …

…?

Share this:

  • Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook
  • Share on X (Opens in new window) X
  • Share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit
  • Share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Tumblr
  • Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest

Related

Filed Under: Poems

Get Every Post In Your Inbox 😳

Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.
(This is not the newsletter.)

Primary Sidebar

Never Miss A Poem (Newsletter)

Be Social

  • X
  • Facebook

Top Posts & Pages

  • On The Power Of Sound, By: William Wordsworth
    On The Power Of Sound, By: William Wordsworth
  • Rural Illusions, By: William Wordsworth
    Rural Illusions, By: William Wordsworth
  • The Song Of The Children, By: G.K. Chesterton
    The Song Of The Children, By: G.K. Chesterton
  • I Watch, And Long Have Watched, With Calm Regret, By: William Wordsworth
    I Watch, And Long Have Watched, With Calm Regret, By: William Wordsworth
  • Flowers On The Top Of The Pillars At The Entrance Of The Cave, By: William Wordsworth
    Flowers On The Top Of The Pillars At The Entrance Of The Cave, By: William Wordsworth
  • The Worms, By: Christabell DeMichele
    The Worms, By: Christabell DeMichele
  • June 1820, By: William Wordsworth
    June 1820, By: William Wordsworth
  • Ode On Intimations Of Immortality, By: William Wordsworth
    Ode On Intimations Of Immortality, By: William Wordsworth
  • Camping Memories: Discovering Love With Maryanne, By: Andrew Cyr
    Camping Memories: Discovering Love With Maryanne, By: Andrew Cyr
  • The Claddagh Ring, By: Amy Abdullah Barry
    The Claddagh Ring, By: Amy Abdullah Barry

Advertising/Subscribing = Loving

Buy Me A Coffee

Sign up for the newsletter. Get a gift.

Footer

Made with ❤ in Lubbock, TX.

Poetry Catalog Sponsors

Haiku Examples

Search

Copyright © 2026 · Magazine Pro on Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in