Forgiving Always Forgiving Poem by RIC BASTASA

when you offended me
i did not bother for i understand you
and always think that you tried always loving me as your brother

i always think you meant no offense at all
it is just that you are too disturbed by certain things that until now
you have not really understood

you grapple to hold on to something stable
yet there is none
you struggle to be yourself in peace and harmony with the rest
yet there seems to be nothing
to keep you in place

and so when you shout at me and tell me that i am someone else
a black cat
a wolf in sheep's clothing
the ill wind
the evil lurking in your darkness

i do not mind at all
i know it is not that easy to be in that state

i was there and i was lost and i was too confused
not knowing what i am and where i am going
and i perfectly understand what you are into

and so when you offend me i enjoy the silence of my understanding
you
and the nature of the human being
you and the whole of humanity
you and
the universe

unmoved by evil
undestroyed by indifference and cruelty and inhumanity

i, stand still
i am good, i am beautiful and i will always be on the side of the truth