Echoes

It is not your fault

nor mine

we were broken way before

the silence set in

haunted and mocked

by echoes from the past

long lost voices we thought we buried deep

with the memories of old crushes, 

lovers and heroes we looked up to

and unavoidably

each and everyone hurt us

let us down

with their human failings.

It is not your fault

nor mine

we were searching all this time

for redemption

of our own ugly imperfections

our rage, our insecurities

yes, we recognise all that 

reflected like a mirror 

in the fractured image before us

and the whispers grew louder

like a mockingbird

deceiving us

this too shall pass

shall pass

No, it is not your fault

nor mine

we were broken long before

that fateful midnight monologue

turned our shame

into wordless regrets

of what ifs, should haves

and the sorry that was not uttered

like a badly scripted Shakespearean play

is not your fault

nor mine

(26/4/2015)