Written for:  Poetic Asides 2023 April PAD Challenge - Day 13

write a Forgive poem.


First, I ask myself what I need to forgive myself for. Deep
In meditative thought, ,I attempt to separate
the tangles of my past actions
and reactions. On some occasions 
I could have held my tongue. On others,
I, as victim of envenomed remarks,
stood silent instead of the brilliant 
riposte I later formed in my head. Now,
as age awareness besets me each day,
I forgive all those who have hurt me,
and forgive myself for those I have
hurt. There is simply no time 
to waste.


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