FORGIVENESS

The heart that loves, forgives; 
Ten times ten, twenty times twenty.
The battered soul grieves, not for himself,
But for the one whom has inflicted.

Lick not your own wounds, for they will heal,
But help the one whose heart is hurting,
The one who cast the pain upon you,
For it is he who has need of pity.

Forgive him, forgive her,
Love reaches beyond our own strength,
Draws from deep in the soul,
Replenishing both the innocent and the guilty.