In honour of the friends whove held my hand and poured the drinks, through the best and worst of it all. Xx **************************************** To Forgive, but not Forget. **************************************** Life, when will you stop throwing me curveballs Which I just cant anticipate? Who are these folks who cross our paths Their words so filled with hate? The cruellest words once spoken Feel like a knife thrown in the back A well drawn line, once theyve crossed it They cannot possibly turn back. So too lifes pictures, once frozen Can have the very same cold effect Are you in the frame or left right out? Once happy memories, now starved with neglect. Sometimes forgiveness seems impossible To those on the inside of hurt When its clear that you have lost your way And youve been thrown down in the dirt. You wonder why should I bother To forgive you and forget? You dont deserve my forgiveness Youve not proven worthy, yet. Its when youre beaten, dusty and down And cant bear to rise again That you take a good look around Survey the land for friends... Its true that the truest of buddies Can be frightfully hard to locate When youre ambushed by the infidels Some of your own blood, and some of lifes fate. Of course, theres always one confidant Who senses your sadness and fear Who selflessly helps to dust you off And then hands you a beer. These friends relegate the shallow folk To the back seat of your life And talk you through the worst of it To put the trouble and the strife... Right back into worldly perspective Hurt fades with the shadows and the dusk They held your hand and poured the drinks... And now forgiveness is a must. But forgiveness is the strangest thing And its really hard to know When the time for anger is over And its time for letting go. I suppose if youve ever done it Forgiven a fellow, that is You will realise that its all for you And theres nothing that youll miss... About the eggshells that youve danced on Or the fine lines that youve walked To preserve a connection theyve not valued Because their sense of you was warped. So what must be done to forgive and forget Or would I even recommend it? The absence of memory perhaps doesnt serve us But the letting go does seem to fit. I think its about not holding on Not to them nor to the pain Just let them go, to be themselves And then you can do the same. Forgiveness is about moving forward No words, no eggshells, no knife I forgive you sets you free To go and live your life. And when you do youll find That your best buddies will still be there To pass the beer, to fill your heart In your happiness theyll share. So if theres an answer to lifes riddle That I havent solved quite yet Im all ears and heart wide open Until then... Ill forgive, but not forget. Written by Angela Koning, July 2014
Posted on: Sun, 06 Jul 2014 09:38:42 +0000
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