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#TSL_NaPoWriMo_17 #Day_17
Prompt by Lily Swarn - A poem about Forgiveness (giving or asking)
I am sorry
You might be old and frail
You might need help
But I’m not ready to forgive you
I know time is a great forgiver
But in this case
It is not applicable
I don’t feel generous
I remember every
Verbal abuse and beating
I might not have been the child
You imagined deserving
I might not have the career
To flaunt to your friends
Flattering your ego
Believe me I haven’t forgotten
In a way your contempt
Freed me to live my live
But that’s not enough
To forgive you
Thinking, writing about you
Bring so much bitterness
That I know the time of forgiveness
Is still a long time in planning yet
Although I might wish you
A happy birthday
Believe me when I say
I still haven’t forgiven you.
Lucette C. Bailliet
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