Forgiveness

if i had said what they said
you would have hated it
if anyone else had said what they said
you would have been horrified by it

but because it was them,
i guess
it was
okay, right?

why couldn't you say it?

when she said what she said
you were horrified by it
when she defended what she said
i was horrified by it too

but you stuck around, so
i guess
it was
okay, right?

why couldn't you say it?

our past, our memories
the time we spent together
i'll always remember
but unlike you, i just can't

i can't forgive them,
not after they openly declared
their true hatred for me
and their hatred of others

so how could you?

why couldn't you say it?