Forgiveness
Running over the morning checklist -
magnanimity; forgiveness; simplicity of life;
compassion; contentment; truthfulness…
still, that reluctance, to forgive ‘them’…
however, questions put from heart to self
call out self-answer:
since we cling to that ‘otherness’
of others, we prohibit the oneness of ourself..
ego lies so close, so close to self,
as if it hides in self’s own shadow;
it is ego that will never quite forgive itself!
since ego clings with desperation
to the life it steals from life; so -
for give: for otherness,
give unity.. oh why
is something just so simple,
just so difficult?
Yet with the message,
warm its smile..
poem by Michael Shepherd
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