schooled

Snow White gossamer paper
Hold crimson tear soaked truths.
Spilled by a wiser heart.

Schooled in the furnace
of your silent wounded pride.
Forlorn lashes mark out
the lessons learned.

That I could heal
that unintended hurt
smooth the cracks in our foundation.

Change the course now set.
By willful spirits and stubborn
hearts.

But I am not devoid pride
or heart or hurt or strength
or will.