THE PING-PONG OF WHAT IS SAID AND UNSAID by Fiona Goodwin

there is a ping-pong
Following
a dingdong
We British will go back and forth
I got Dinged by what you said
I wish I hadn’t
I wish it bounced off but it didn’t
I’ll get back to the scene of the accident
And own my part
Your words cannot hurt my heart
Unless some part of me agrees with you.
The courage to explain my sad face
And take us to a new place of détente.