FORGIVENESS IS A CHOICE

I Choose to Forgive

by Rich Thornton on Wednesday, January 19, 2011 at 10:24am

Though the walls of my heart are broken
and the centre of my self is black-bruised
by the lash of the lies that you've spoken
and the wounds of the words that you've
      used,
though I huddle, a tear-trembling tragedy
stripped of the power to trust,
blocked off from all who might help me
by the guilt that came wrapped with your
      lust,
I choose to forgive.

And this act alone
breaks the cycle.
This act alone
rights the wrong.
This act alone
ends the evil.
This act alone
makes me strong,

heals blind hatred with soft sight,
kicks the darkness into light.

(by Gerard Kelly)