How do I forgive

Sometimes we need to ask how in order to learn how to forgive. Reach out...

how do i forgive

my abusers for the pain

my satan for the hate

my skys for the rain 

 

how do i forgive

my mother for my birth 

my mellowness from my father

my God for my very existence

 

and how do i forgive

my you for the hearbreak

life for the heartbreak

and myself for breaking my own heart

 

how do I forgive

myself for the gruges i hold

myself for the hate i have

myself for the pain i have

 

how do i forgive

myself for still breathing life

myself for still being mellow

myself for still existing today

 

how do i forgive

my glass being half empty

myself for living in the past

myself for not living today

 

how do i.... forgive

Reviews

[Christine]

Wow, the pain is so palpable it clearly leaps off the screen as I read your words. Wow, the heartache you feel is etched into each word, into each sentence, into each stanza. Wow, is really the only word that comes to mind as I try to write a comment about this poem. Wow, it is so wonderfully written but, I am sorry that you have had to experience so much pain in order to write this poem. I am glad that you have written this poem and shared your pain with all of us. Thank you. Forgiveness comes slowly, in it's own time. It can neither be rushed or slowed. It will come eventually. But, you need to be the first one that you forgive, after you forgive yourself, forgiving others will be much easier. I loved this poem.