A Note Slipped Under a Door I'm sorry I scared you (that's the main thing) I'm sorry I showed up at your door (whiskey-drunk, slurring "let me in") I'm sorry I tried not to take no as an answer (but I'm sorrier you slammed the door in my face) Well, slammed is a bit dramatic. And that's not really what you did. You were full of sorrys and I can'ts and pained smiles. Even the click of the lock turning sounded apologetic. You should have seen what you looked like in the street, face tilted up at me. I realize now I must have been nothing more than a shadow, one of many in this city. But I looked at you, alone on the street, and knew you knew the loneliest thing in the world would be to walk back into that building alone. So this note is just to say I'm sorry about before. (I didn't do it right.) If I knock again tonight, will you please, this time, let me in?