You'll Need To Find Your Own Forgiveness
I Am No Longer Here To Give It
I wasn't built for eye contact
or sharing uncomfortable truths
But I'm ready to let go of that
and unlock that grip from you
Not from hate or bitterness
but from a place of calm and peace
A cleansing escape, over my tongue
forgiveness' masterpiece
I don't forgive the things you did
but I forgive the part I played
Today I liberate that kid
who was broken and afraid
She grew to be a woman
unafraid to shine her light
Creating her own improvement
not a victim of her plight
Grace may find you finally
but it's a grace you'll have to seek
I reserve what's mine, for only me
and the girl I used to be
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Kelli Sheckler-Amsden
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My poetry collection Beautiful and Brutal Things is done. It's actually done and finally published over 270 pages. Over a year of my life went into this book. More than a year, really. Long days at my computer, sometimes seven days a week because I couldn't stop even when I probably should have. Then two months of editing that felt harder than the writing itself. But it's finished, and I'm still standing, and the book is real.
By Tim Carmichael5 days ago in BookClub
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We all grow in our own ways-physically, mentally, socially and all over ways.
She grew to be a woman unafraid to shine her light , I love this line. Its show you have become a butterfly 🦋 in your own right and you recognize the beauty you can share with the right people who appreciate you. Hugs !🥰