Surrender

The words won’t escape

Will never cross these lips

An apology you will never hear

Or see

For loving you

Anymore

I’m not sorry

Nor filled with regret

It is not my shame

It is not wrong

To deny

To apologize

To regret

Would be wrong

Is wrong

Shame

An explanation is not owed

To you, to them, to me

For loving

For being

For me

For you

I’ll not defend love

In defiance

In fear

In hope

To you, to them, to me

It is

I am

You are