Forgiveness

I’ll not ask for your forgiveness
For transgressions on my part.
The edict of exoneration
Only counts if from the heart,
And must be given voluntarily
For motives to have weight,
Else the level of malevolence
Will only tend to escalate.

Can’t expect you to forget, as
Memory casts shadows long
Upon the road to resolution
In the realm of quietude,
And all reprieves need be recorded
In the strains of evensong,
But forgiveness lives in grace and
Offers peace in solitude.

All the pain,
All the bane,
All the strain required to live
And function in a maddening world
Evaporates when we forgive.

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