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Forgiveness Feels Like a Rotted Grave

We were sisters, but more like Cinderella and the ugly sister variety ...
and of course you always made me feel like I am the ugly one!

I’ve done so much for our parents for years
but you got all the glory ... and the privileges
A house, private college education, a car 
Enough money to open a bank!
You weren’t born with a silver spoon in your mouth
More like a solid gold coal shovel!

Everything I own I’ve worked my butt off to get -
holding down 5 part time jobs to buy my first car
I appreciate every single thing we own

You’ve lived on benefits for over 30 years
Oh and of course of bank of mummy and daddy
Yet when dad died
You lied and cheated and only thought of ME ME ME
Perhaps you should get an Oscar for your performance!
Believe me I wouldn’t swap places with you for the world
 
Forgiveness feels like a rotted grave ... you can rot in yours forever

Free verse only Contest Sponsored by Laura Loo

6/3/18

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Line Gauthier

Date: 6/16/2018 10:37:00 PM

Wow. Exquisitely penned. Wow. Superbly done, Jan. Wow. Congrats on your well earned win!

Curtis Moorman

Date: 6/8/2018 11:42:00 PM

Deep within the recesses of our heart lie our emotions. Sometimes, they surface so others can see the feelings we harbor. It produces a type of cleansing to vent occasionally even though the feelings remain. Your words may sound venomous to others but are a balm of relief for you. Congratulations on your win.

James Inman

Date: 6/8/2018 11:20:00 AM

My, my, my Jan, how appropriately vicious.

Heidi Sands

Date: 6/8/2018 9:01:00 AM

Congratulations for your win Jan! :)

Anne-Lise Andresen

Date: 6/8/2018 8:13:00 AM

- A short greeting and congratulations on your great winning poem, Jan :) - hugs // Anne-Lise :)

Beautiful Scars

Date: 6/8/2018 7:36:00 AM

harsh words! but sometimes we must get the anger off our chest. great poem sweet Jan! thank you and congratulations on your placement :)-luloo

Winged Warrior

Date: 6/4/2018 9:35:00 AM

Testy...are we...forgiveness is the first step toward deliverance of the soul...BUT! lol...love and light...^WW^

Winged Warrior
Date: 6/4/2018 11:56:00 AM

...BUT!...sometimes we just can't help it...dog nag it! lol...much love my friend...^WW^

Jan Allison
Date: 6/4/2018 9:44:00 AM

Moi testy no no no I am actually incredibly patient - working with kids and elderly people sure gives you the patience of a saint at times! You can choose your friends not your relations - will say no more but I still have mum and my own family and am truly blessed:-) :-) hugs jan xx

Mike Gentile

Date: 6/4/2018 8:51:00 AM

WOW, I see from below that you understand about forgiveness so no lecture here! It must be really difficult and don't you wonder sometimes, why things are the way they are. Life is truly baffling. Well done rant Jan xxxooo

Jan Allison
Date: 6/4/2018 9:07:00 AM

There is some poetic licence ... it is allowed Mike lol but the only thing I feel for her is pity - she told the lawyer she hated me and wanted nothing to do with me - but I was giving my share of the inheritance to her lol ... I know from my hubbies cancer that material things mean little - she is welcome to everything she has got which she has never had to work for. I have made my own way in life and am much the better person for it:-) hugs jan xx

Janice Canerdy

Date: 6/3/2018 9:24:00 PM

Whew! I hope this is fiction. Well done, Jan. Janice

Jan Allison
Date: 6/4/2018 3:10:00 AM

There is a good deal of poetic licence Janice :-):-) hugs Jan xx

Kim Rodrigues

Date: 6/3/2018 8:31:00 PM

Wow! Phew! What a feud!

Jan Allison
Date: 6/4/2018 3:09:00 AM

Thanks Kim:-) hugs Jan xx

Lyric Man

Date: 6/3/2018 8:20:00 PM

Yikes! Remind me to stay on your good side Jan. Love your potent pen!

Jan Allison
Date: 6/4/2018 3:09:00 AM

LOL Chance... we are poets there is always poetic licence in a poem:-) hugs Jan cc

Ricky Muse

Date: 6/3/2018 4:46:00 PM

Get 'em Jan. This poem is a letting go. A getting it off the chest. I have not had the guts to write like this. I hope I can find inspiration in your words.

Jan Allison
Date: 6/3/2018 5:16:00 PM

I wrote my first poem when my hubby had his cancer surgery and I find writing so cathartic whether they are factual or fiction poems. :-) hugs Jan xx