Jack Scott writes

An Appeal

I made of your omissions 
a crime against my truth 
and tried you in my heart.

I found you guilty 
without penalty. 
That fell on me; 
that was the crime.

We agreed to talk 
about these and other things, 
but we must be in quorum.

In these meetings I hold alone 
I am less than half of us.

I loved myself the most 
while loving you, 
so now I love me less.