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Nursing student, poet and writer @ Unity College of Nursing Sciences Bwari
Abuja, Nigeria
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Sorry Doesn’t Always Make Everything Ok
<p style="text-align: center; "><strong>Sorry Doesn’t Always Make Everything Okay</strong></p><p style="text-align: center; "><strong><br/></strong></p><p style="text-align: center;">How do I explain</p><p style="text-align: center;">that sorry</p><p style="text-align: center;">doesn’t make everything okay?</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br/></p><p style="text-align: left;">They hurt me deeply</p><p style="text-align: left;">sometimes knowingly,</p><p style="text-align: left;">sometimes without realizing it.</p><p style="text-align: right; "><br/></p><p>I feel the sting,</p><p>the ache,</p><p>the damage.</p><p>Then suddenly,</p><p>the word sorry comes into play.</p><p><br/></p><p>They speak it</p><p>and feel relief,</p><p>while I am left</p><p>trying to loosen my grip</p><p>on the pain they handed me.</p><p>And I do accept it.</p><p><br/></p><p>They seem sincere.</p><p>Repentant.</p><p>I believe they are.</p><p>I forgive.</p><p><br/></p><p style="text-align: center; ">But why is forgetting</p><p style="text-align: center; ">so much harder?</p><p>Because my memory</p><p>is not defective.</p><p>That is why</p><p>things are not the same.</p><p>There is no hatred.</p><p>No anger.</p><p>No malice.</p><p>Just one thing missing.</p><p style="text-align: center; "><strong>TRUST</strong> </p><p>Then the questions begin to float:</p><p>Will they do this again?</p><p>Will I be foolish enough to let them?</p><p>The offense can be small</p><p>or devastating,</p><p>but my response is always measured</p><p>by how much trust,</p><p>faith,</p><p>and loyalty</p><p>remain afterward.</p><p><br/></p><p style="text-align: center; ">How do I explain</p><p style="text-align: center; ">that sorry</p><p style="text-align: center; ">doesn’t always make everything okay?</p><p style="text-align: center; "><br/></p><p>People use sorry</p><p>like a 911 call</p><p>an emergency response</p><p>to damage already done.</p><p>They say it out of politeness.</p><p>Out of guilt.</p><p>Out of obligation.</p><p><br/></p><p>Sometimes it comes from the heart.</p><p>Sometimes it sounds rehearsed,</p><p>like a line memorized long ago.</p><p><br/></p><p>And somehow,</p><p>you can feel the difference.</p><p>But even then,</p><p>sorry alone</p><p>does not mend what was broken.</p><p><br/></p><p>It should come with changed actions.</p><p>With honesty.</p><p>With a heart that truly understands</p><p>what it destroyed.</p><p style="text-align: center; ">How do I explain</p><p style="text-align: center; ">that sorry</p><p style="text-align: center; ">doesn’t always make everything okay?</p><p>It doesn’t.</p><p><br/></p><p>But perhaps</p><p>it is the first stone laid</p><p>on the road toward repair.</p><p><img alt="" src="/media/inline_insight_image/file_0000000049d471f4ba4d313339176404.png"/></p>
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