General Poetry posted November 29, 2024


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In the realm of one's own heart

Forgiveness Begins...

by BermyBye50

Forgiveness Poem Contest Winner 

 

 

With trembling hands, a letter is written,

each stroke carrying the weight of years—

words long buried now rising to the surface.

 

“Let’s mend the broken ties,” it says,

an invitation, fragile but earnest,

to meet again where love once stood.

 

Across the miles, the letter travels,

seeking not only another’s heart

but perhaps redemption.

 

Hope stirs, tentative and trembling,

as the likelihood of forgiveness unfolds.

The hands that wrote the words still tremble,

haunted by the whispers of mistakes,

of love once cherished and then lost.

 

Will this be enough to weave together

what time reluctantly unraveled?

The silence that follows feels infinite—

a void that speaks louder than words.

 

Yet, even in the quiet ache of rejection,

there is a lesson:

love endures only when nurtured

by trust, by patience, by grace.

 

Sometimes, the only way forward

is to release the past and rebuild

upon a renewed foundation.

 

Forgiveness lingers, but not in the reply

that never came, but in the heart

that chooses finally to let go.

 

The journey is not always one of reunion,

but of finding peace in the shadows

of what once was.

 

Time, relentless yet kind, softens

the edges of loss, guiding the heart

back to itself— to a place where love,

in its many forms, still resides.



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Write a poem of any type with the topic of forgiveness.

Forgiveness Poem
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