arrival of forgiveness

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there have been years
when forgiveness
could not enter my heart

when the time of forgiving
and being forgiven
had not come

the leap into a burdenless
present seemed impossibly far

and then . . . it happened
almost in spite of myself

an opening of the heart,
touching tenderness,
healing, a fresh start

the arrival of forgiveness
is still a mystery

yet the waiting for it
is so much sweeter
while patient and welcoming

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