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Let There be Light...

By: the iHope Poet

To forgive 

is to shed light

over a shadowed corner

in a sunken room -

to let go  of the rope 

that burned your fingers

because you won

that treacherous game of
tug-of-war.

To forgive 

is to accept 

that there's something better 

in the light

than to continue to fight 

in a dim and shattered battlefield - 

it's to open the dirty window

and breathe in some fresh air

as you lock away the poison;

never to inhale its fowl influence again.

To forgive

is to forget

the haunting hopelessness

and leave behind the past

to progress forward - 

Forgiveness 

is the enlightened heart 

a battle won

a clearer window

and a brighter future.

To forgive is ultimately

much easier

than remembering
the sorrow and the hate

by choking back their bitter tastes 

on your tongue

 (spit it out:)