Shore of Forgiveness

I spend most of my adult life by the shore Gazing at the pounding waves Like life, I see how they push as they pull the foundation that has been laid The grains of sand are like splinters of my soul that have been worn down with time Eroding edges by a mothers' control a nature dissimilar to mine I watch as a child, too close to the shore builds a castle in the sand What the waves wash away she tries to rebuild In this I see my childhood once again With the setting of the sun, thoughts come to mind of my life's beginning as well as its end Where the things of the past I find so hard to forget and even harder to forgive I know what I must do it's there in front of me Forgiveness can be my only release I leave it all behind as I stand to my feet And walk further down the beach... I have a friend that asked me to write something about her struggles to forgive her mother of childhood trauma... If anyone struggles with forgiveness believe me it is well worth the effort.