I apologize Mother, for peeking through your wrinkles and creases 
 I apologize Father, for dusting you under the rugs 
 I apologize Brother, for bending your limbs so they could mimic mine
  
 Forgive me friends, I promise to stop blocking the exits on the corner of every conversation 
 Excuse me lovers, I pledge never to dive in scorching rivers 
  
 Apologies to my dolls, for stuffing you with pills 
 Apologies to my childhood home, for plucking out your walls 
 Apologies to my ghosts, for dragging you to the pit of my mind
  
 Pardon me time, I never should’ve tried to race you to the finish line
 Pardon me war, I could’ve waited for you to catch up 
  
 To my past, I apologize for cussing you out every night
 To my city, I apologize for vomiting myself on the crook of foreign streets
 To the doves of my town, I apologize for stacking you with the other boxes labelled “trash” 
  
 Forgive me, you whose name I push to the corner of each page
 Forgive me, for translating you over and over again.  

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