I’ve done things and said things
That haven’t always been in my interest
I’ve said yes to people and places
When my heart wasn’t in it.

I hid the truth from my eyes
So they couldn’t see
That my words and my truth did not agree

I did it for them, or so I thought
To spare them from hurt if I told them the truth
My half-truth, my lie, my attempt at concealing
Had consequences, years later, That I wasn’t intending.

To err is human
To forgive is divine
I ask their forgiveness
And I ask me for mine.