Hurt

There is no feeling worse in the world than when someone you care about is upset and it's because of something you did.

But even if what happened was actually done by someone else, it's still possible to feel responsible for upsetting them.

I'm not going to go into details here - for the sake of the people involved. And because it hurts to type. And because as much as I want to get the words out, I'm not sure which ones to use.

Suffice to say I feel like dirt right now. And I feel that a friendship which means a lot to me has been irreversibly damaged.

And I regret that. Perhaps more than I should.

It's times like this that you realize how you actually feel about people. And I need to have a good long think about how I feel about people in general, and one person in particular. Let's just say, things cannot go on as they are.

JOHNNY CASH - HURT
(from the album "The Man Comes Around", 2002)