Sorry

a poem by Chetan Bhatia

It was foolish on my part,
assuming you as my friend;
how could we make it lifelong,
if only a joke can make you offend.

What more could I do,
but to apologise,
and ask you to forgive and forget;
cos I value this relationship,
much more than you do, I bet;
for strong bonds breaking over small misunderstanding,
is really a subject of tragedy and regret.

For you, I will be just a name,
who will you remind you of a guy,
who went away before he came;
but for me you were someone,
who left footprints on my heart,
and from then on I was never the same.