Future Apologies - Poem

[Flaming Lip]

If I look backwards; I’ll frown upon what I’ve said

And tomorrow I’ll frown upon what I say today.

I fear the Hell I know I’ve created.

I hate the loath I fear I’ve kindled with the words I say


Is it part of our nature to demonize those we hate

Some sort of temptation to control what is around us?

We can’t say we don’t regret anything at all

We remember sometimes in the day’s dull rush


Apologies mean little when nothing is meant

Love is a mask we wear as justification

For the crimes we commit against others

And what we fear most, hate, is our creation


Is there no way I can see what’s before me?

Is there no way I can undo my crimes?

I face the wind so confidently;

But the pose is but another sign that I don’t know what to do​