Forgiveness Poem by Mona Lisa Aspiras

Forgiveness is a blessing given
to man by God.

We view it as a curse, a
burden.

Yet, it is necessary like the air
we breathe.
Like oxygen to our lungs, we need
it to cleanse our souls.

An eye for an eye, a tooth
for a tooth.
But forgiveness soothes.

It pains us to carry out this
task. It is like a mole,
a wart, or a fly buzzing around
our head.

That unfinished homework,
dirty laundry, or other bothersome
chore we have kept promise to.

Yet, sorry to say, it is nature's,
God's, the universe's, way of righting
the wrong, evening out the scales,
THE proper way of saying an eye for
an eye, tooth for a tooth,
except through mercy's gentle eyes.