Forgiveness
(You know who you are.)
Yes, I have forgiven.
But forgiving you and the others did not come cheap.
Forgiveness does not equal forgetting… and I can never forget… (believe me, I’ve tried)…
The inability to forget makes forgiveness extremely difficult, and I still sometimes wonder if it is deserved.
(…nothing here is what it seems…)
I will talk to you. Maybe one day I will even count you as a true friend. And I will try not to let my memories provoke hateful words and deeds. But before we move on, I want you and all the others to know…
I still see your faces and hear your voices, feel the fists and taste the tears in my nightmares.
It’s just one of the things that reminds me of home.
