Forgiveness
Locked away in solitude, I try to survive.
I pull together the shattered life
that once was in heaven gazing into her eyes.
How could such love lead to such strife?
We were the perfect couple.
In all we did we were together.
She was my loving honey suckle.
I was hers forever and ever.
Things were happy. The future was bright.
We planed everything we did.
Such joy and fun was out of sight.
I thought nothing between us was ever hid.
Then, one day, she had something to tell me.
She told me to sit down and be calm.
Such news might be too much for me.
I should be patient. it won’t take long.
She talked about another life.
One she had before I knew her.
She had lived in poverty and strife.
None of it she liked, to be sure.
She made her living on her back.
She had to survive somehow.
She was in tears right where she sat.
She said “It’s come back to haunt me now.”
“I met someone from my past life.”
“He wanted to start it up again.”
“I ran away from him. I don’t want that life.”
“I don’t want to ever live in sin.”
I was so shocked I couldn’t speak.
She longed for support, but, I ran away.
Now I am so drunk that I reek.
In this solitude, I will stay.
Then a thought occurred to me.
I remembered The Lord’s Prayer
I could forgive her if she could forgive me.
I found her & apologized. I didn’t care.
I said I loved her as she is now.
the past was just a good bye.
Could she please take me back somehow.
I poured out me heart. Gave it my best try.
She flew into my arms smothering me with kisses.
She said all she wanted was me and me alone.
She said us together is what bliss is.
Now neither of us will ever be alone.
——————————————————R. W. Johnson—–(2013)