Forgiveness

Years of fatefulness
To be torn by the ones you love
Understanding we are often under the sway
of the enemy of our souls
we wound
shall we not forgive the ones that wounded us?

This God Jehovah
commanded love
to come and life forevermore
and His justice complete
requires we wash the feet of the ones
that for years or weeks
maligned us

When you feel the nails penetrating your flesh
at the moment when the pain is fresh
while the spit is still on your cheek
understand the way of the meek
and forgive and bless them.