FORGIVENESS

We all hurt each other knowingly or unconciously.

We all get hurt and we know how hard it is to forgive.

Psychologically it is better to forgive.
Holding on to anger hurts you more.

Most religions and spiritual paths urge forgiveness.


Write up to 3 poems on the many aspects of forgiveness.

The 3 poems may be old or new.

The poems may be of any genre or kind.

The poems may be of any length.

Further clarification will be coming from me in response to
anything I may have forgotten to mention.
Peacebeuntoyou

Deep in our dispute many spiteful comments were made,
but then she is silenced by her twisted lies
which have come to take their reprisal.

Many hateful words are uttered between
our unfriendly minds.
Secretly all we wish for is forgiveness,
yet we do not back down from our quarrel.

I scream out.
Slowly I drift in and out on consciousness,
my lungs shattered like glass pelted by
pointed rocks, unaware of the surrounding ambience.

If we had given up, nothing would have mattered.
If we ignored our peers would we not be here?
Broken, whispering "I'm sorry" repeatedly.
All we needed was forgiveness in our decrepit hearts.

An example of a forgiveness poem:
A poem of forgiveness

sorry if i keep on hurting you
sorry if you don't like the things i say or do
sorry if with you i always put up a fight
sorry i just can't do anything right

sorry if i'm way far from being an angel
except compared to an angel from hell
sorry if you think my excuses are lies
sorry if it's so difficult quiting my vice

sorry if i'm not too understanding
sorry for all the headaches and pain i bring
sorry if often it's hard for me to swallow my
pride
sorry if often i'm too blinded by anger to see
your side

sorry if i'm so complicated
sorry i keep making you feel frustrated
sorry i can't fight back the tears
sorry if i keep you away from your peers

sorry if i always complain about you not meeting
my expectations
sorry if sometimes i can't fight all these
temptations
sorry if i seem like a joke to you
sorry if i don't appreciate all those sweet
things you do

sorry if i keep on repeating the same mistakes
sorry i say stupid things and i can't find the
breaks
sorry i keep on hitting you when i'm mad
or ruin your day when mine's bad

sorry if i screw up being perfect for you
sorry i can never be the girl who's right for you
sorry if i'm such an awful girlfriend
sorry if...i can't even be your best friend.
joelle xiao
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-poem-of-forgiveness/

Darby - thank you for starting the competition with your good poem.

No problem, it isn't my best but I wrote it on the spot :)

PSALM

In the hallway
Through the side door
We watched our destination
From indecisive revealing
Of pre dominant living
Of pre dominant dying
Compass of forgotten time
I carried my feet walking
Through erosive emotions
Dreams of sand
Mary
Hold now
This searching hand

Mourganna - thank you for posting.

This is more of a song than a poem....but it's about forgiveness.

But I Still Do:

The days that I remember are the worst
Each reminder of our love is a cruel joke
that laugh at me for hopin' that we'll someday try again
For love............for what we...had

(Pre-Chorus)
But all the things you said and didn't say
Are the whispers in my head  that are drivin' me insane

(Chorus)
And I don't understand why I still love you
After all the things that you did wrong to me
All the angry tears, the fight that night, the slammin' door that left
me cryin' all alone, but still wantin' you
I don't know why or how I still do
But I still do


The darkest night bring thoughts that try to scare me
Imagining that you don't even know what you are doin' to me
You're tearin' my heart all apart, turnin' into something I can't recognize
The darkness creeping in, taking the light out of our sunrise

(Pre-Chorus)
Your silence, like a knife, you used to cut me to the core
Just kill me now, I don't know what you're waitin' for!

(Chorus)
And I don't understand why I still love you
After all the things that you did wrong to me
All the angry tears, the fight that night, the slammin' door that left
me cryin' all alone, but still lovin' you
I don't know why or how I still do
But I still do

(Last Pre-Chorus)
I somehow forgave you
For every single way you hurt me
But I can't forget you!
Or all the times you said you loved me

(Chorus)
And I don't understand why, but  I still love you
After all the things that you did wrong to me
All these lonely tears, the sleepless nights, the slammin' door whose echo says
"you're alone now".....but darling, I love you
I don't know why or how I still do
But I still do

Forgive Me

Forgive me
For taking space
In your little universe
Breathing your pure air
Tainting your pureness
You perfect people
In a nice world
Forgive me

Forgive me
For being grace
For being a disgrace
Speaking love and living
Am I being so dense
Gushing nonsense
about it all

Forgive me
For having a mind
For having my own thoughts
For holding still even as I am judged
For looking the other way, being a coward
For allowing those who think they are high-born
To slap me on the cheeks, calling me a fool, a clown

Just forgive me, for being me
If I offend you, do ignore me
Leave me, on my own square
Of earth, on my own sunray!

Proven Love

Darkness kills but I'm still here,
adding to a story held secret for years
she was bright and easy on the eyes
coming from poverty but on the rise,
wrapped her hands tighty around
my heart and cried. Unbelievable,
we not being together after tonight.
I asked the obvious and she replied
"I  made her bleed, silence ruled all"
The jealous wolf killed the innocent
lamb, vengeance filled her beautiful
hands, all that trouble for the name
written on the lower side of her back.
The stains on the sidewalk smell X.
Satan took control, watched the
dark overlord take your simple soul.
Listen to the dark side replace need
with want, swift aching up in flames,
how cold can passion be when polished
by jealousy swimming in narcissism?
Respect and obey enchanted by a surface
within the sound of loneliness,
drowning to embrace flowers and wings
and I was the one eager to be proven
loved but not through the barrel of a
loaded gun. I had to say bye bye, I
had to say bye bye, I had to call 911
and break her heart before I died of guilt,
the woman I adore forever gone,
I forgive you, all in the name of love. One.

Ianooz, Grace, and Teardropsofink - thank you for your wonderful poems.

“Forgiveness for My Being”
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Why mock
the things
people hold
so dear,
it’s sacrilegious,
goes against
the natural order
to lie
meaningless dribble.
So trivial,
these cryptic meanings
swirling in earshot.
People quibbling,
lip-synching
forgiveness
without
really
believing it,
going back
to the mire
to treat you
wrong all over.
I just want to
forgive the
whole world
condition,
including
my parents
who helped
create me.
Honest,
it wasn’t their fault,
I’m sorry
for being.

Forgiveness from Crazy

I forgive all them crazy mother fuckers
the ones who threw me down
and those who didn't help me up
the liars, posers
cheaters
all of 'em
forgiven!
I could rant but it wont reform
the past occurred..it's all bygone
and it hurts too much holding on
to hate
grudges carry too much weight
to bear
had to let it go
to release myself
and dance again
without a care
not holding on
free like the air
My ultimate revenge
is laughing with myself
singing..
I don't care
Fuck all of them!

Vice Versa

I am sorry for cheating
I am sorry making you cry
I am sorry for taking your heart when I said goodbye
I am sorry for the things said
I am sorry for the things done
You just don't know how much I wanted to cry when left me alone
I am sorry for not telling you
I am sorry for the passion gained and the most hurtful goodbyes
I am sorry for the stealing
I am sorry for your pain
I am sorry for these things because I still love you till' this day

I forgive you for goodbye
I forgive you for bringing the past back alive
I forgive you for collecting me and my friends’ hearts
I forgive you for saying we are your lovers an just a jar of hearts
I forgive you for taking my gift and leaving
I forgive you for the beatings
I forgive you for abusing drugs
I forgive for never believing me
I forgive you for hurting me
But there is one thing I have yet to forgive
I just can’t forgive you because…….because……
You took my daughter with you

You took to the place above
You shot her then yourself
You made her go away to another place beyond help
You might have died with my forgiveness and regrets
But there is one sorry that might not ever be forgiven
This is the one you will regret
This is the one that will take you to hell
This is the one where no matter what…..my daughter gone

Strider, Miki, Dark Angel - thank you for your poems.