Forgiveness
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Read "Forgiveness" by Charlene
Forgiveness
by Charlene
For leaving me raw at 15
My father, caring and incestuous
For touching the unknown of a green child
Then dying, leaving me with unresolved feelings
My friends, young and unkind
For moronically leading me the wrong direction
And Debbie, strawberry-blonde and stubborn
For ignorantly following
To greedily get what you wanted
And leaving me when I needed you most
To all my pain-givers,
You are forgiven
For I deserve
Not to carry
The pithy weight of your anger