Beyond the Broken Past

My love, I apologize for the heavy weight I've laid, The trauma and pain etched deep within your shade. Though I yearn to flee the darkness of our past, The errors I committed seem forever to last. I strive to change, to be better, it's undeniably true, But yesterday's wounds, I can never undo. Each shift in my actions reignites your deep fear, The dread that I'll abandon you, that another draws near. My heart aches with the depth of the hurt I bestowed, When my attention to another man carelessly flowed. Our precious time together, I failed to embrace, Regret is a constant shadow, a sorrowful trace. I long to be better for us, with sincerity untold, But the ghosts of the past their grip still uphold. Forgive me, my love, I hope you truly see, My every effort is for our shared destiny. I hope you know I could never leave you once more, The thought of another you'd introduce, I abhor. Our dreams, I won't let another woman design, Forgive me, my love, for the pain that made your fate decline. The wound of yesterday, its rawness still bites, Unhealed, its bitterness lingers in the nights. Forgive me, my love, from the depths of my core, I hope you feel my regret and the love that makes me implore.