i’m so sorry/ moth/ 

i’m sorry i didn’t pet 

you when i got home/ 

i’m sorry i filled my 

glass of water but not 

your bowl/ i’m sorry 

i didn’t respond to your 

meows or your scratches/ 

i’m sorry you always 

feel my pain/ i’m sorry 

i’m always in pain/ i’m 

sorry you heard me 

breaking and sobbing 

and dying behind that door/

i’m sorry the police and 

the paramedics scared you/ 

i’m sorry their boots were 

so heavy and dirty and they 

didn’t take them off/ i’m 

sorry you saw what i did to 

myself when they opened 

the bathroom door/ i’m sorry 

you saw the blood/ your little 

nose confused between instinct 

and love/

thank you for choosing love/ 

stepping around the blood and 

the big boots and the empty pill 

bottles/ thank you for shoving 

your head into my bloodstained 

palms/ thank you for loving me 

when i couldn’t pet you back/

i’m sorry i forgot to fill your 

bowl before they took me away/ 

you must have been so scared and 

confused/ i’m so sorry/ my love/ i 

promise i won’t do that to you again/