forgiveness

I understand you are hurting

From another insult hurled at you

From a parent who doesn't feel

And doesn't understand what to do. 

You feel you would be somewhere else

If all opportunities were granted, 

Or that you'd be more confident

If there had been no naysaying. 

You are right, you know, but as it happens now, 

Your confidence is shaken by the insulting pow wow. 

There is only so much you can take, 

Only so much you can do, 

Weave your thoughts in song

And forgive them for the digresses. 

Ease your pain today, 

So tomorrow may be golden, 

You have a long road ahead of you

That is gathering dust with your dreams. 

You would like to see the future

Because there is no pain there

There are victories there

But what about today? 

Your heart is sweet I know, 

And sometimes the pain is too much to bear

As you shatter to a million pieces

By this selfish world of clay. 

Your mission is your goal, 

It will hold you in your stead, 

For your anger I have an antidote, 

It's called forgiveness and a prayer. 

They know not what they are doing,

Said Jesus famously, it isn't a sacrifice 

If all you are doing is forgiving. 

Forgiveness comes with understanding. 

Forgive them for their insults, 

Go about your day as if nothing had happened. 

It's only if you forgive

That you won't perpetuate the insults like them. 

Let it be when it gets tough, 

You would never know till you don't ask, 

And their words seem worthless

Because they have shattered your heart.