Forgiveness

by MyHalozChokinMe   Oct 4, 2012


I was raised to be strong and carry on
because strength is the asset my
mother gave to me.
Then life sent me the darker days with
tougher waves and my strength found
a way to falter.
I've learned that my truest virtue
lies in forgiving.

These feet that forgive hours upon hours
standing up for what I believe in until
callouses form rough and painful
under skin.

Forgiveness in these arms made to carry
poetry books and babies.

In these lungs that have screamed out
injustices fallen only on deaf ears until
I think that maybe silence holds more
weight than words.

This heart that has been made to love,
only to be broken and shattered and
then locked and shut so it would never
feel sadness again.

This mind that forgives thirty five years
spent trying to fill it full of knowledge,
never ending until the day I am certain
that there is not even one
millimeter of space left for ignorance.

These shoulders with muscles kept
strong for those days I am forced to
carry the weight of the world or the
weight of my past mistakes.

In these eyes that I allow to look both
forward and behind, for I realize, my
life will never rewind and the past is a
part of me.
There's no use trying to pretend it
never happened.

In my pride that I've told countless
times: "You're not good enough and you
never will be," until I finally believed it.

These hands that forgive the
self-preservation, never allowing
them to reach out and grasp onto
another for support.

Yes, I am strong.

My spirit has been whipped and lashed,
leaving me with invisible scars that I
cannot show you.
I know I can handle all of the
uncertainties that life will throw at me,
but my truest virtue lies not in strength
but in forgiveness.

Forgiveness for being who I really am.

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  • 13 years ago

    by Baby Rainbow

    Ohhh I love this. Right, where do I start?

    My first thought on this was when I began to read this and came tot he end of your first verse I thoughht it was so powerful it could have been a poem on it's own! We always think we have the strength to get through anything until we relaise life has bigger plans for us and it is not just about the strength to get through them.

    " silence holds more weight than words " - I love this line and is so strong. It can mean so many different situations as well.

    This heart that has been made to love,
    only to be broken and shattered and
    then locked and shut so it would never
    feel sadness again.

    - again this on its own says so much and really hits home for me because when you have been hurt so badly you refuse to let anyone in to your heart. YOu may aswell shut it down so that you can protect it from any more pain or disappointment.

    I like how you mention the weight of the world on your shoulders, but then also add the weight of your past. This just goes to show how troubled this was and how much it affects you.

    In these eyes that I allow to look both
    forward and behind, for I realize, my
    life will never rewind and the past is a
    part of me.
    There's no use trying to pretend it
    never happened.

    - totally related to this part and I wish this was as easy to do and follow than it is to say and think it!

    Your ending is brilliant! Forgiveness is so strong and we often forgive others but when it comes to ourselves we never find it as easy.

    Your whole poem really spoke to me and I thank you for writing this in such a creative way which reads so well! <3 it!

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