Resentment and bitterness
is the poison drank
in hopes the other will perish.
Forgiveness is a moment of
peaceful release
not forgetting
or unknowing
but a shifting
in mind
and emotions
a switch on
a switch off
a deep sigh of acceptance
A moving on.
But what does it really mean
and how to get there
from here?
Resentment
Bitterness
Hurtfulness
Forgiveness
How to get from here
to there?
These questions plague
my day
Dance through my night.
In a moment of light
I wonder
if self forgiveness
makes it all right
I realize then
I have no magic sentence
to make it all okay.
This unfathomable
human moment
perhaps there are no words to say.
But
Being loving
is that the answer?
Kindness
is that the cure?
Self-acceptance
comes in waves
peace in moments found.
Perhaps
in these emotions
forgiveness comes around.
When I get
there from here
I will tell you
what I found.
Meanwhile
Lightning and thunder
color the horizon
and flash towards the ground...
*In looking up the phrase "resentment is the poison I drink hoping the other will die" appears to have been first said by St. Augustine. Interestingly enough Nelson Mandela also said the same. I am always interested in definitions of forgiveness and would love to hear those of yours who happened upon this page. Many thanks.
Steve.