Sorry, The Band-Aid

Sorry

The magic word

Spoken with the expectation

That wrongdoings be bygones

That it acts as a swift of a magic wand

Taking the pain away

When in truth

Sorry

Is like a band-aid

A temporary remedy

A cover placed over a painful wound

The inflicter has caused

The pain will linger for time to come

The wound will take time to heal

Like the band-aid that needs replacing

Sorry

It will need to be said again and again

Until its meaning resonates

Until the wound it inflicted

Accepts it and heals