Poetry — Forgiveness
Bitter Seed
Della Smith Forgiveness
Words were saidThe pain went deepI tossed and turnedI couldn’t sleep The more I thoughtThe more I burnedMy anger grewMy stomach churned The thoughts kept comingTo my mindWhy did you treat meSo unkind? A bitter seedWent in my heartWould I let it grow?Or stop its start? As I ponderedWhat to doI heard your wordsThe words of truth “A bitter rootWill many defileFor its poison spreadsTo many lives” I made a choiceTo pull that weedTo stop its startWhile still a seed I prayed for the oneThat hurt me soAnd as I didForgiveness flowed Not all at onceIt took some timeBut as...