Forgiving You

My resentment is like a parasite. It’s barbed wire hooks have burrowed deeply into my beating heart.Pulsating it’s poison into my smile It’s displeasure so nauseating I lay feverishly under my covers I want to forgive you……….I want to take all of my bad memories, all of the horrible things you say Stuff them in a box, locked in chains Toss it into the Atlantic and then walk away My pride is like superglue on the soles of my shoes Preventing me from getting unstuck Like a fly caught in a web I fought my way out. I will push the words from the deep recesses of my chest Let them pour from my mouth like ancient water fountains in Athens I Forgive you.In these three words I release the parasitic anger that has clouded my beautiful soul I will admit it............I've made mistakes myself.