Love Postponed

How do I apologize
When I know it was I
Who put them tears in your eyes
I brought you so low
You wished your own demise

I made you break ties
That have been in place for years
Now you cover your fears
With tears

When you became deaf,
From your internal screams
I was not there
To lend an ear
So that you could hear

I was the pain
Behind the shouting
I was the peak,
Of your mountain
of stress