Analysis of Forgiveness
Forgiveness
(c) Darlene Thomson
dedicated to VB and LB
Forgiveness is a journey
most of us must travel this path
we do it not for the person who caused the hurt
but for ourselves in order to heal
It is a long and exhausting trial
if it was easy it would not be worthwhile
in order to move on, we have to grant mercy
in our minds, we may forgive but we never forget
You harmed me in so many ways
whether it be rape, sexual assault, physical violence, verbal abuse, emotional storming, or some other aggression
I took it for so long and never told a soul
I will not allow you to tear my heart
own my soul, rip apart my mind any longer
I will learn to forgive you
not for your sake but for mine
It will be hard to exonerate you of your crimes
because you did not care about the pain you inflicted
or the torment you caused
I was your whipping post with no thought
For my sake, I will let you off of your transgressions
but I will steel myself against you
cut you out of my life
you no longer exist in my world
You are worth less than a piece of dust
that is what I consider you, it is a must
pond scum means more to me than you and your lust
I no longer trust so easily
I have issues every day
I am a survivor and you will never get the best of me
for I have a backbone and I have loved ones
they will hold me up when I cannot stand
They will listen when I need to vent
lend their shoulder when I need to cry
hold my hand when I just don’t know why
be there for me always because they don’t hurt they love
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 010 1110 10001101 0101010 11111011 111110101101 1100101011 1101001010 11110111111 010111111110 01011101111001 11101101 101111000110010010010100101110010 111111010101 1110111111 111101111010 1111011 1111111 111110101111 01111101011010 10111 111101111 1111111111010 11111011 111111 111001011 111110111 111101011101 11111111011 111011100 11101001 1100100111010111 1110101111 1111111101 111011111 111011111 111111111 111110111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 1,475 |
Words | 312 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 10 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 4, 4, 3, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 38 |
Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 118 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 31 |
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