Wednesday, 23 October 2019

Pardon...


Forgiveness is rarely a fully restorative gesture
There usually remains a degree of the hurt felt
For some it’s simply easier to settle an old score
To let bygones be done with and just forgotten
Others struggle to fully excuse and exonerate
Harsh words can leave indelible traces for life
Blemishes that cannot ever repair broken trust
Memories that haunt and hurt without decline
Rather like the fragments of a shattered mirror
Things never look the same again once flawed…

Eileen T O’Neill 22/10/2019
http://poetryblogroll.blogspot.com/2019/10/poets-united-midweek-motif-forgiveness.html?m=1
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15 comments:

  1. Jae RoseWednesday, October 23, 2019

    What a succinctly written and hard hitting poem - really opens up the prompt

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  2. Ron.Wednesday, October 23, 2019

    That broken & repaired mirror image says it all. No matter how masterful the repair, no matter how much time passes, no matter how hard we try to forgive, one truth remains: "...Things never look the same again..."

    Well done.

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  3. Kim M. RussellWednesday, October 23, 2019

    There is so much truth in these lines, Eileen:
    'Rather like the fragments of a shattered mirror
    Things never look the same again once flawed'.

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  4. Sumana RoyWednesday, October 23, 2019

    I agree, 'things never look the same again once flawed...'. A difficult path for the wronged one to travel towards forgiveness. So well put.

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  5. vesseysWednesday, October 23, 2019

    So true you cannot put that broken piece back exactly the way it was before.
    Congrats on your poetry book.
    Cheers
    ~Moonie

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  6. rallentandaWednesday, October 23, 2019

    Yes,,,once that fall from grace happens it is never the same.

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  7. SusanWednesday, October 23, 2019

    That shattered glass, yes. That's perfectly placed in a profound poem!

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  8. Sherry Blue SkyWednesday, October 23, 2019

    Yes, once said, words can not be unsaid. One can try to be okay with it. But we remember. Lovely to read you, Eileen.

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  9. Gillena CoxWednesday, October 23, 2019

    Ah yes, the vision after, poignant!

    Much 💞love

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  10. Old EggThursday, October 24, 2019

    We should remember that we all are different and see things differently. It is good that we or they should forgive but always realise that we see things differently and should accept that and move on.

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  11. MargaretThursday, October 24, 2019

    forgive doesn't usually mean forget...

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  12. ThotpurgeThursday, October 24, 2019

    That's true - and it reminds me of the japanese art of restoring with gold- so the cracks remain but make the object a piece of art. Wish it were so easy in real life, though!

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  13. JimFriday, October 25, 2019

    I like your ending, Eileen. No, things are not the same anymore. But does it matter, life goes on. Or will it?
    ..

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  14. The BizzaSaturday, October 26, 2019

    "Forgiveness is rarely a fully restorative gesture"

    Strong opening line, and your message resonates deeply. Sometimes, even when we forgive, the scars remain.

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  15. purplepeninportland.comSunday, October 27, 2019

    Love those last two lines.

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