Day 3 To Forgive [Skyler]

to forgive is to forget 
let the past be left behind 
ignore your greivances 
focus on what's fine

to forgive is to remember 
observe what's been done 
and choose instead to focus 
on the trigger not the gun

to forgive is to love 
open your heart and take a chance 
see the man for who he is 
instead of what he was 

to forgive is to hate 
the old, the world, yourself 
grip resentment in your palm 
squeeze it tighter as it shouts

slowly falling
falling
gone

I wish it were that easy
to see what forgiveness has become

I wrote this because I observed how contradictory humans are and how difficult it is to know how to forgive someone else. There are so many ways and yet there is rarely one correct one. I hope that forgiveness will come easier for me in the future.