Not to forgive is emptiness <br />For cold and lonely souls <br />Who understand forgiveness <br />As somewhere they can't go <br />They fear a loss of strength it seems <br />And trap others in their web <br />Of blame and guilt and right and wrong <br />And leave the truth unsaid <br />For truth is not their province <br />Nor humanity their cause <br />They ask others to obey them <br />And think they own the laws <br />They seek virtue in adversity <br />They cannot once forgive <br />For they have never done a wrong <br />In the perfect lives they live.<br /><br />David Keig<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/forgiveness-4/
