An Apology

If the greatest thing I do is love you,
I'll leave a legacy of missed opportunities and disappointments,
the moments between laughs will forever haunt me,
aware that my best was short of my intention.

For every tear that falls, I'll spend a day in torment,
surrounded by the bellowing seas of worries and woes,
grasping for solid ground that my feet are not worthy to tread,
desperate to dry the eyes that bear your soul.

For what worth is there in knowing I've made repairs,
patched the holes I've punched before,
while I swore to keep you from harms reach?

I strive to protect, yet fail to perfect
the man I wish to be.

I am sorry.