Forgiveness
(this poem is currently in competition)

I cried today
because you were helping me:
You were
exposing my wounds
so we could salve them together.

You�re holding my hand
and telling me what�s wrong
so that we can wade there together,
so we both arrive on that shore.

I�m guilty.
You�re pointing out my angel scars,
you�re lifting up the tear in my wings
so we can fly there together,
so we can both fly through the sky.

I remembered today:
we�re both guilty
as I put my finger
in a warm weeping on your cheek,
as I pointed out your untied shoelace
so we could tie it together,
so we could walk there together,
so we could dance through this life.

copyright 2001 by devon