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.