People say
‘Forgive and forget’
Like what happened
Didn’t happen
But it happened
And it hurt
And it felt like it broke me
But I stared at what happened
I didn’t push into a far corner of my mind
I faced it
I will never forget what you did
But I will forgive you for hurting me
And I forgive myself for hurting you
I acknowledge the truth
The full truth
And I’m finally ready to realize
Moving on
Isn’t really letting go
It’s more like putting it in the past
It’s not gone
It’s a part of who I am
But I can’t keep it
I have to leave it behind me
Of course I could run back and pick it up,
But I’d be moving backwards,
Not forwards
And my future is forward
It will always be there
Those memories,
But they don’t define me
And they don’t cause me as much pain as they once did
They’re just there
In my past
And the storm is calmer
The scars healing
The sun is peeking through the clouds
Everything is forgiven
Forgiven and remembered
Mar 7
Mar 7, 2026 at 12:16 PM UTC
People say
‘Forgive and forget’
Like what happened
Didn’t happen
But it happened
And it hurt
And it felt like it broke me
But I stared at what happened
I didn’t push into a far corner of my mind
I faced it
I will never forget what you did
But I will forgive you for hurting me
And I forgive myself for hurting you
I acknowledge the truth
The full truth
And I’m finally ready to realize
Moving on
Isn’t really letting go
It’s more like putting it in the past
It’s not gone
It’s a part of who I am
But I can’t keep it
I have to leave it behind me
Of course I could run back and pick it up,
But I’d be moving backwards,
Not forwards
And my future is forward
It will always be there
Those memories,
But they don’t define me
And they don’t cause me as much pain as they once did
They’re just there
In my past
And the storm is calmer
The scars healing
The sun is peeking through the clouds
Everything is forgiven
Forgiven and remembered
This is the 7th and final poem of my ‘Forgiveness’ series.