But I Can't

	I wish I could turn back the clock,
	I wish I could unsay what was said,
	I wish that none of it happened,
	To take back all the tears that were shed.

	To right all the times I had wronged you,
	To return you to what was before me,
	To stop us both from thinking,
	Of all the things that could be.

	But that's not within my grasp,
	It's not something I can do,
	I have only one way I can try,
	To make it up to you.

	So I say to you "I'm sorry,"
	Though they seem like two empty words,
	This is all I can do for you,
	For all those times I have erred.

	So I hope you can accept this reply,
	And forgive me for what I have done,
	May it make you a better person,
	Happier once you move on.

	Life is full of experiences,
	And not all of them are pleasent,
	They each must take a place in our past,
	As we take our place in the present.

	I really do wish I could have killed the seed,
	Before I let it flower,
	I wish I could do this for you,
	But it's just not in my power.

	So I'm forced to leave you with pieces,
	To pull up the roots of the seed I did plant,
	I wish I could make it better for you,
	But I can't.

		Joseph Kuehn (Bet your damn arse it's copyrighted) <jmkuehn@teaching.cs.adelaide.edu.au>