To forgive, repent and let go of such grief

Shall I give home to grievance and  to woe

And cultivate my hatred with my tears?

Shall I remember  carefully each blow,

And add this sorrow to my anxious fear?



I  thought by hating you I would have peace;

And surely I had reason without doubt.

Yet rumination  gave me no release.

For wisdom and compassion, it did flout



I remembered our  past love and  our shared  words

I gave them freedom in my anguished heart.

I did it for your sake, yet then occurred

A sweetness, joy and gladness in all parts.



To  forgive, repent and  let go of such grief

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