Hear Me Now

Hear Me Now
Hear Me Then
hear the things
I've never been

See Me Now
See Me Then
see the things
I've never said

What do I say?
What do I mean?
Are they ever really the same thing?

How rare to find words filled with meaning
with blinding blissful truth
How common to find words filled with silence
with absolutely nothing at all

Please,
Tell Me Now
Tell Me Then
tell the things
You've never been

Please,
Show Me Now
Show Me Then
Show the things
You've never said

Pithy

Pithy..

(of language or style) concise and forcefully expressive.

synonyms:

succinct, terse, concise, compact, short (and sweet), brief, condensed,to the point, epigrammatic, crisp, thumbnail;

To the point.
Clear, forceful.

May your apologies be pithy and your explanations even pithier.

Your friend doesn't want to hear an "explanation" aka justification of your actions.
They want to know, that you listened to them.
That if you could do it again you would do it differently.
That you understand you hurt them, broke their trust, and can't just glue your relationship back together.

That you understand it will take time and patience and perseverance to rebuild what was broken between you.
And as always,

                            this is easier said than done.

But nothing worthwhile comes easy eh?