The One Who Hit Me Poem by Michelle Bradshaw

Personal poetry of this nature isn't my idea of being helped by sharing it openly with us, as strangers. But it is an act of faith on your part that you may receive sympathy and respect for the act of forgiveness. The trauma is longterm and bearing a grudge is totally human, hence the expression, to err is human, to forgive divine... But consider the longterm relationships that are based on repeated acts of violence followed by forgiveness. Forgiveness has consequences, some noble, some damaging. So this poetry theme always leaves me wondering if discretion is the better part of valour, to walk away and not look back or to stay and risk everything... A righteous woman is more precious than rubies, deserving of a righteous man. The way the poetry ends is as if being prompted by God's Spirit to forgive, as is required in the Lord's Prayer. Some poetry includes Christian themes, while other themes seek to exclude such thoughts to help the poetry to reach one and all. In this poetry, we get a quick awareness of how the man is affected by his violence and could be put at peace once told he is forgiven. So this part is an essential portion of the work itself, rather than merely explaining his character.