Forgiveness Poem by nathan martin

light a candle in a steel chamber,
press back the hardened touch.

learn to forgive.

impartation of light and favor to
the the heavy blackened yoke..

i healed some by the wayside
and kept on walking, i moved
along in a single breath.

now brightened days lengthen the cords
and renew the sinews between
the nerves and there is healing
when i learn to forget.

old time blessed assurance,
redemption between two stretched
out palms, no safer place to be..