I wrote this not because of some deep angst, but because it is something that I struggle with, something that I believe holds us all back from time to time, even the most secure and assured of us:
How do I forgive
myself?
How do I
look in the mirror,
face the truth,
and forgive?
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Again, I am
my own enemy,
I am the stumbling block,
I am the problem
I hide from....
How do I forgive?
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How do I have grace
towards myself?
Understanding eludes me
as I beat myself again
with the things
I should have done,
with all that is
undone?
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I have no easy answer,
I hear no easy response....
Now is not the time for how, or why,
now is not the time to carry on
pretending...
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How do I forgive myself?
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First I forgive you,
for I am who I am
in you.
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Then I accept you,
not the you of disappointments
but the you of possibilities.
I accept you. I accept myself,
I turn,
turn
and accept
your
love
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Image by Tim, here
