Forgiveness

Definitions of forgiveness
1. The Man on the Cross bleeding love out in each dying breath
2. The little girl abused until she was five who is so afraid of hell (thanks to Dante Alighieri) who says:

Even though it still hurts
To know what Charles
Did to me
I don’t want him
To go to hell

The pain of it all
Never ebbing
From her beautiful
Face.

2 thoughts on “Forgiveness

  1. E, I read every poem. They break my heart, but there is so much thoughtfulness in them even when they’re angry or sorrowful that it gives me hope.

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