As you travel the road of life
With your eyes straight ahead
Do the memories of the past
Leave you with tears on your bed
All too often
The innocent are wrongly accused
Burdened with shame
While the guilty are excused
But guilt has a long history
Traced back to who knows how far
The future runs into the past
A family tree of scars
One generation
Makes a victim of the next
And on and on it goes
Giving life to the hex
Long overdue healing
Comes from forgiveness within
Forgive yourself
Then with others you can begin
Copyright © Accidental Poet 2017
- Author: Sharon\'s Poet (Pseudonym) ( Offline)
- Published: November 18th, 2017 07:05
- Category: Reflection
- Views: 34
- Users favorite of this poem: Laura🌻
Comments7
AP,
A great reflective poem!
A wonderful message!
We should sky write it
for the world to see!
Forgiveness is a healing
power! Blessed are those
that have it! The last stanza says it best!
Thank you for the share!
Thanks Laura.. It's not always easy to forgive others, especially when the hurt went deeper than most. I think most people feel that it's easier to hold onto the hurt than it is to forgive. But also some may feel that forgiving someone might change you, but won't change them and that makes it hard to forgive. Maybe we can't expect to change anyone but ourselves in that scenario.
Very discerning of you, AP! Thank you!
A fine write AP.
Thanks orchi.
Ah - now this is a piece of true wisdom A.P. and the final lines say it so well. - - Forgive yourself
Then with others you can begin. Great read.
Thanks Fay. And forgiving oneself is many times easier than it sounds.
Thanks AP! It all starts with the man in the mirror!
Yes WC, that's right. Thank you for reading and your comment.
Has to be one of my favourite writes of yours AP! 🙂
Thanks sky, I do appreciate knowing that. It's always a gratifying feeling knowing that the words we write take root in the hearts of others.
You have to forgive in order to forget. AP, this poem says a lot more than is visible at first. Needs to be read a few times.
Thank you Fred. I myself just read it again.
Forgiveness is a powerful action, not only it brings you freedom, but also gives happiness to others. Great write.
Yes, like a door opening to the fresh air, forgiveness give freedom to both sides.
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