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Douglas Scotney

Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. Resides in Adelaide

Douglas Scotney

Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. Resides in Adelaide

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You forgive another,

forgive yourself as you forgive another,

forgive another as you forgive yourself,

and forgive yourself as you forgive another;

the latter different from the first time round,

when you forgave another,

having done nothing first,

forgave without knowing why;

different from doing it

knowing why.

Douglas Scotney

Tuesday, June 3, 2014

Topic(s) of this poem: forgiveness

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Colleen Courtney 06 June 2014

A lot of truth in this piece. So many times saying I'm sorry or I forgive you are just a bunch of words without the true meaning behind them. Nicely written,

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