Forgiveness

Well James has told is all for you or should be ... I think so!

But at the same time which way the poem is expressing inner pain has a some kind of hidden guilt feeling is leading and providing you this pain! This guilt feeling is not related with any sin like thing or step but what ever issues and era you have passed through and suffering felt by both of you is deeply related and rooted in you and coming again and again with such expression in your poems!

It is a poetically expressed pain and one can apreciate that as an expression surely! I also do the same ... but dsome how i am grasping from poem that this pain should be remove from it's root (as a healer I grasped this) so that you can give a promise to yourself that

'I dream of the day that I smile within.
I dream of the day that my heart will mend.'

as you said in your this poem as a hope ... become true ...

Ahhh, a fortuitous wind blew me to your space today. I gotta say that this is totally awesome! Gosh darn tootin' and Booya to ya! pain i do not believe ever subsides. although i do hope, still in doubt.but i do hope for you that it is 2 b true,and ur pain will fade swiftly with each passing day!!

Beautifully written 10

Hugs to you, Robin. Good poem, and one in which I can relate.

Well written. I can certainly feel your pain in your words.

Sad poem, wonderfully written.

This is well written and somewhat sad. I think forgiveness is good, but building trust after forgiveness is truly hard. I'm not sure I have it in me to ever forget enough to be able to return to a normal life if the trust is broken. I admire your courage.

Beautifully written

A beautiful, but painful poem. A major point you capture that is often misapplied is that forgiving and forgetting are two totally separate issues. The first involves a choice even if pain is still present. The second involves healing, which only happens with time and work. Thank you for this "word-gift."

Robin, your poem definitely proves that forgiveness can be a long process. I am impressed.

thanks James and everone else who has posted a comment.

Well done.

I tried this once, couldn't do it, I wish I'd been able. Good luck Robin, and a well written poem.

Nice one Robin, really hope that you will be able to see the silver lining behind the clouds

NICE POEM...

PAIN... IS IT SYNOMOUS WITH LOVE AND AFFECTION?...

I WONDER WHY WOMEN KNEW SO MUCH ABOUT PAIN...

PAIN... HOPE ONE NIGHT YOU YOURSELF FIND LOVE'S PLEASURES AND FROM A OPEN DAY'S LOVE SIMPLE SUBSTANTIAL DELIGHTS...

A TOUCHING AND INTIGUING POEM...

FROM AN OPEN DAY'S LOVE SIMPLE DELIGHTS...

PAIN... AN OPEN WOUND TOUCH BY A LIQUID LEMONADE...
OR... A GIRL PLAYING HER TRICK IN THE SKATING RINK...
PAIN...A MEMORY LOST FOREVER IN SPACE, TIME, AND AGE...
OR...A PERSON COURTING BEAUTY GIVEN BY THE BLINK...

''I was move-by your poem so as treat... created one for yoU''

Thanks for posting, I know how hard this can be.

I wonder if you would have written a bit more from the heart if it didn't rhyme?

This is very good.

Very intense

Robin, it's not easy to trust from within a tormented heart, but you show here that you will give it your best shot...blessings & a bit o' sunshine!

Robin, I agree with some that it seemed a bit constrained by the rhyming form you chose; but I have been there, exactly that place and I got it! You got what you wanted into this piece, because those who know this place identify immediately. Loved it! And, time does help put this hurt behind, but now, 20 years later I can say, something does change forever. Just move forward fearlessly. Love is a decision and well worth the pain it sometimes brings!