unforgiven

like a gift
a benediction to give
and to receive

forgiveness goes this way
if much more
difficult

for if there’s unforgiveness
then
it isn’t given and it cannot be received

and both parts persist
in something wrong

won’t be fixed
until the math is broken

the straight line of hate or
scorn
leading to aggressive or indifferent
lines
as postures

offer forgiveness
then
accept it so that two people
or two tribes
might live in
the delightful curves of Earth
and in
a new math with each
other
fit with new equations

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