RIFKAH GOLDBERG

WE WILL BOTH BE SORRY And this time If you go first I will be sorry That I hurt you And pressed you To try and give me more Noticed when Your efforts to help Were less than perfect Urged you to face Realities you have been Escaping from all your life Burdened you With my problems From other lifetimes And if I go first I know that You will also be sorry That you did not overcome Your bitter experience To give me more Did not banish Your disdain for Everyday trivialities Did not confront And break through your guilt To give what you have That along with your goodness You often resented Being drawn into my world Perhaps these are all just Delicately embroidered details On the fabric of love Between two old cronks Who have chosen To crack up together December 2002