Forgiveness Brings Freedom

 A-Poem-a-Day

Until Resurrection Day

BONEY ELBOWS

 

I’ve forgiven

but I haven’t forgotten

 

Forgetting is another matter

entirely

 

Oh, if I could be a bit like God

I would simply bundle together

all those disappointments

all those unpleasant memories

and cast them into the

depths of the sea

and be done with them

forever

 

They’d never get

another opportunity

to slip back

into my consciousness

to nudge

and needle me

with their boney elbows

 

My pastor says

God uses all things—

good, bad, joyful, sorrowful

every pain, every rejection, every loss

to bring about His purposes

 

He says there are only blessings

and blessings in disguise

 

so I don’t have to forget—

I just have to let go

and put my trust in Him

 

Maude Carolan Pych

Maude's Books:

"Wonderhoods" is her 411-page memoir in poetry.

For ordering information go to: www.maudecarolanpych.net.

"Behold the Lamb...poetically!"

is a compilation of Maude's poems

about the Birth, Death, & Resurrection of Jesus.

The latter is available online

at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, etc.