If anything should happen,
I want you to know,
I’m sorry for my failures
and for all the times I’ve flown
off into a blackened night
or self-absorbed harangue
for making you feel little,
for being half a man
I’m sorry that my love for you
could not eclipse my grief,
And that in your darkest hour
I proved too often weak.
But if anything should happen,
then please know this for sure,
that despite all of my weaknesses
and all of my deep flaws
I only wanted what was best
for you, and nothing more
Because that’s what you deserved from me
My love and nothing more.
And if anything should happen,
Let not your eyes lose sight
Of the one who gave his life for you
And rose to put things right.
For any good you saw in me
And the many that l lacked
Are found in him who died and lived
and carried on his back
The burdens of our weakness
The curses of our shame
The grief that now surrounds you
May they comfort you again.
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