#unforgiveness
I've always been sort of vitriolic
not very open to forgiving
people preach at me to forgive others
to feel better about yourself
but I've felt just fine by loathing others
I feel peace without forgiving people
some people deserve to be unforgiven
maybe I feel this way because the people who wronged me
didn't steal from me or insult me
they beat me and put me down
until I tried to end my life
I don't feel misery from not forgiving them
they're out of my life and that's good enough for me
I've always been sort of vitriolic
and that's fine by me
Dec 29, 2025
Dec 29, 2025 at 5:18 PM UTC
“Over‑Shoulder Weather”
I have walked the length of my sentence
long after the gates unlatched,
counting the gravel underfoot
as if each stone might still accuse.
The years have grown moss over my name,
but transgression carved into memory’s vestibule
means there is always one chair turned away,
its back carved with the shape of my absence.
I have mended the fence,
stitched the torn sleeve,
poured water into the roots I once scorched—
but the wind still carries
a syllable I cannot unhear.
So I move,
but not without the weight of glancing—
a pilgrim with a mirror in his pack,
catching the ghost of my own retreat.
And forward is a road
that keeps folding back on itself,
a loop of weathered timber and rain‑dark stone,
where even the horizon
wears my shadow like a borrowed coat,
and the door I step through
is always the same vestibule.
.
Sep 17, 2025
Sep 17, 2025 at 8:51 AM UTC
if these tears are no proof of my apology
will you accept a drop of my blood
I am tired of saying I am sorry
bathing in your forgiveness of mud
if tears are not enough to win mercy
then death is the remedy for life
my need for you to forgive me
is as thick as the need for a knife
Jan 17, 2024
Jan 17, 2024 at 11:21 AM UTC
Lamenting
through pupillary logs
with disregard and no regret,
I look back
remembering as far as I can
tiny, specks.
Aug 7, 2022
Aug 7, 2022 at 9:54 AM UTC
walking down the road of forgiveness
a road he has been down before
tiresome
repetitive
painful
feels like someone's version of hell
he thought there would be a lesson
something learnt
something gained
walking down the road of forgiveness
only made him insane
every time he saw the face of each enemy's mistake
the burden of bitterness
refuses to be vanquished
in all of his anguish
he knows that it is pointless
to be walking down the road of forgiveness
Sep 18, 2021
Sep 18, 2021 at 3:36 AM UTC
These days in doubt
my sanity proven
culled from my lovitude
or should I say attitude
maybe solitude
'cos I thought I was on guard
Until fall I did
without a thud,
slowly the fade began
until the voice stopped
no more reprimands
questions stopped
conscience slept
and I roared
happy to soar
then it returned
Fear,
pain,
uncertainty
and I retraced my steps
not without scars
for this haven we savoured
with its perks and glints
now hold ashes
for me,
us,
I can't sit still without thinking
of purity sold
guard let down
to lovitude's joy
as sorrow flooded
The wasted me
I might not relate to this
but I do translate it
can I still sit in your arms
without regrets of disappointments thrown
of regrets without end
for that moment this madness began.
Nov 17, 2015
Nov 17, 2015 at 4:43 AM UTC
Why do people get married?
Really! Why even bother?
Hopes and dreams
These, all couples share -
A hope for a better future
But after "I do ",
hopes and dreams
turn into Expectations.
Instead of love and passion
Instead of nurture and care
We're held in a debt/debtor state
Until the end of our future
You said, you promised...
Nothing unconditional here!
No better than borrowing from the bank,
Held to imagined debts.
Love ceased.
Love died.
Love made way for a contract -
a sword of expectation
Forgiveness is highly conditional
extended perhaps once,
every 5 blue moons
Instead, let's keep all transgressions
in a special treasure chest
Instead of that love ********
Let's refuse to forgive
instead of together building a nest
Let's allow hatred to fester
Aug 10, 2014
Aug 10, 2014 at 7:24 PM UTC