GIVE OVER THE PAST

FORGIVENESS

Take all your sins and shortcomings

Every last mountain and molehill of your past

And give them over to the waves.

That’s too easy you say.

But I tell you there is light

Hidden beneath your fear

A free spirit waiting to soar with the seagulls.

The moment you relinquish your tight grip

On guilt or innocence 

Receive the blessings of the salty spray

The benediction of the cormorant.

Forgiveness look like the delight in your eyes

As you wave goodbye to the shoreline.

Poem by Danna Faulds titled FORGIVENESS 

REFLECTION:

  • Are you able to forgive yourself for past sins and shortcomings?
  • Can you give them over or does that seem too easy?
  • Explore forgiving yourself. 
  • Can you wave goodbye to the shoreline of your past and soar with the seagulls?