and we’ll never quite forgive our parents <br />for being our parents <br /> <br />and we’ll never never forgive that one <br />we thought our best friend <br />for stopping being our friend without <br />an explanation or anything <br /> <br />and we’ll never ever forgive our first lover <br />our first for heaven’s sake <br />for dumping us and ruining our whole life <br /> <br />and we'll never quite forgive - <br />no, let's not go there; that's <br />too close to home... <br /> <br />and we’ll never forgive God for, <br />oh everything, if we knew <br />how to not forgive God <br /> <br />and secretly we’ll never forgive ourselves <br />for all the things we wish we hadn’t done <br />although of course we deserve to be forgiven <br />for it wasn’t really our fault was it.. <br /> <br />how could we forgive ourselves, when there’s that <br />that dark figure lurking behind us saying <br />don’t you dare forgive yourself, <br />you ungrateful little… <br /> <br />and if you forgave everyone, you wouldn’t <br />know who you were… it’s not <br />as easy as that, oh no <br /> <br />oh yes it is. oh yes it is.<br /><br />Michael Shepherd<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/we-the-unforgiving/
