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I Have To Forgive You

-to my mom... inspired by Nathan Fehr- I have to forgive you For what you have done For what you didn’t do For leaving me in gloom Leaving us all wondering If you would ever return I have to forgive you Because you can smile away everything Because we need you And love you Sometimes I know That you would have stayed If it weren’t for God’s intervention You would have stayed with him If you hadn’t been thrown out And abandoned We were your last resort I understand I do But that doesn’t mean I am not hurt I forgive you For the worst and for the best We are blessed To have you back Though we will never truly understand What made you leave us all behind I guess you really loved him The loveless … I understand You wanted to make someone happy You wanted to fill that empty void But by doing so Others had to suffer But you didn’t want us to suffer You were just tired of it Tired of doing everything We were your last resort We were abandoned And you returned With open arms And tears of bitter sweetness I have come to forgive you Because if I don’t There you will go again Freed skyline pigeon And I love you So much Please don't leave us Let your wings rest

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James Marshall Goff

Date: 9/1/2012 6:29:00 PM

Whoosh! Great emotion, Laura! Bravo! Jimbo

Robert Pettit

Date: 8/31/2012 6:14:00 PM

Reading this reminded me a bit of the film "Flowers in the Attic". Good descriptiveness here.

Laura Breidenthal
Date: 8/31/2012 10:46:00 PM

I've never seen this film. -I will have to check it out! Thanks so much for reading and supporting! Always, Laura

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 8/31/2012 8:20:00 AM

wow, what a heartfelt poem. I just love the way you said "freed skyline pigeon. . . let your wings rest."

Laura Breidenthal
Date: 8/31/2012 6:39:00 PM

Thank you, Andrea. :)

Justin Bordner

Date: 8/30/2012 2:29:00 PM

This beautiful honesty reminds me how the Craft of poetry can be magicly healing, cathartic - " Let your wings rest..." lovely Laura! J.A.B. %

Laura Breidenthal
Date: 8/30/2012 5:38:00 PM

Cathartic. I love that word. Thanks for the unremitting kindness and praise. Appreciate it. ~Laura

Anne-Lise Andresen

Date: 8/30/2012 2:02:00 PM

A mother should never go from their children even in the animal world they do not. (At least not in favor of a new man) You have a big heart Laura. A moving written poem - well written! oxox // Anne-Lise :)

Laura Breidenthal
Date: 8/30/2012 5:37:00 PM

Thanks Anne. My mother is wonderful, and I'm sure she regrets it deep down. I just gottah press forward. I say, it's not easy. Take care and thanks for reading. :)~Laura

Dan Kearley

Date: 8/30/2012 1:14:00 PM

This poem reminds me of one of my mothers...The one that left me when I was 3or4...I talked to her one more time in my life before she died.She sounded like a sweet person? I would have written her your words of beauty here if I could have.But at the time I didn't know I was a poet? Words of beauty Laura...Such a mean look in that avatar? Ha,ha :o[

Laura Breidenthal
Date: 8/30/2012 4:48:00 PM

Am I really mean looking!? I must change eet! O_O Thanks Dan for sharing that with me. It's comforting.