[Poem] Some Thoughts on Forgiveness

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If you haven’t sinned at all

But you're told “I forgive you”

Would it offend?

I suppose it would.

Not only that -

It would incite indignation

And open the doors to be forgiven in turn.

What of the juvenile

Who was absolved of a brutal rape/murder?

Who walks free today?

Condoned on account of his age

Does the condonation suggest

That he hasn’t done any wrong at all?

Will the mother ever forgive or forget?

Forgiveness is a myth

As long memory exists

Despite all the coaxing to move on

It lies somewhere

An inert dog in the sun

Who suddenly wakes and bark.