Forgiveness Conflict Poems

Girl suddenly wept
As tears falling on her chest
Boy knelt plead forgive....

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Sometimes, I don't recognize the face I see, 

Haunted by the echoes of who I used to be. 

Influences, reflections, blood ties that bind, 

Leave...

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A single error in judgment,
A glimpse of time that follows us,
Generation to Generation.
This clouds our DNA, forcing legacies,
Against fathers and sons,
Brother against brother.
Decisions made,
Apologizes ignored,
Forgiveness...

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I have made mistakes,
but have committed no crimes.
My conscience is clear.
But some former friends now hate;
complete misunderstanding.

It's unfortunate...
How can I just make them see
my motives...

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Can't keep my head held up high 
Soil is by my feet 
Ashes scattered 
Consumed 
Becomes whole 

It leaves me 
Standing here 
This was always...

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Guilt

Rides with separation

Peering into the past

Finding a story

Wrapped in shame..

Forgiveness seems 

Distant with a doing

Of necessity

Blocking the way..

Separation's hold

Seems what is

Happening..which

May be the balm

Which is...

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When personal narcissism
and tribal autism
choose our words
as hurting 
threatening 
weapons of trauma defense

Rather than choosing wealth
of healing tools
for compassion's therapeutic unfence

We soon find 
that no...

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Darling I forgive you yet I must part, so my love I am sorely displeased
Even in my forgiveness you have tarnished and dulled mine heart
I...

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Narrow Margin 2-12-24 This or That Vol. 23 Poetry Contest - Edward Ibeh
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Narrow Margin

Between finite and eternity
 A thin sharp wire divides,
Footsteps that often stumble,
Arms...

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One choice and circumstance
set us apart
Forever divergent
forever two hearts

One lasting reminder
of what can’t be fixed
The eggshells lay scattered
the pieces all nixed

In less than an instant
the...

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Then, in the black stillness, breaking the silence 
Came a desperate primal scream
My own heart bursting 
Longing for deliverance

There, deep in the shadows appeared a stranger
Though his...

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It's so hard for me to say this to you 
I wanted things to be different but they're not
And my passive aggressive opinions must be...

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How Much Vengeance Is Enough?

By Mark D. Stucky
How much bloody carnage and rubble
is required to atone for sins of a few?
How many eyes must be...

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Inside, where only I can see…
There lives my enemy,
My enemy - she is me.

Inside, where only I can feel…
Like my heart is breaking,
Like my soul’s...

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The devil, once beautiful, desired more,
His craving for power, a treacherous lure.
In the pursuit of dominion, he led with arrogance,
A path of darkness, where his...

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