Forgiveness is a
tricky beast
when love
is involved.
Maybe I didn’t
love you enough.
Or maybe,
I loved you too much.
© Sarah Doughty
Conjured by Sarah Doughty
Forgiveness is a
tricky beast
when love
is involved.
Maybe I didn’t
love you enough.
Or maybe,
I loved you too much.
© Sarah Doughty
Forgiveness can be hard sometimes!
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Yes, it can.
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I love your micropoetry. …so short and so so deep….xx
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Thank you so much! 😊
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Sure it is a trap 🙂
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Indeed. Thank you!
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Reblogged this on La Petit Muse and commented:
Sarah is one of those writers who manages to leave me speechless most of the times that I sometimes don’t leave a comment on her amazing work.
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Wow, Sarah! This piece is amazing!
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Thank you so much! 😊
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Saying I forgive you is easy but forgiving is hard…
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I agree. Definitely.
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uuuuugh. that hurts!!!
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Indeed.
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❤ ❤ ❤
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Amazing – you certainly make your words earn their keep, Sarah. The juxtaposition (did I just use that word? 🙂 ) of love and jealousy: priceless.
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Thank you! I’m glad you caught that! 😊
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This line intrigues me: “Or maybe,
I loved you too much.” Too much to forgive the other person or too much to not forgive them?
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Either one. And thank you!
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😀
You’re welcome!
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This one… stings… there’s so much truth in it. Great job with this, Sarah. It definitely resonates.
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Thank you so much! 😊 😊
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You’re so welcome!
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Oh, my gosh–yes. So much yes. ❤
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💖💖💖💖
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❤ ❤ ❤
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Read an interesting article on forgiveness recently. It said that maybe people might be able only to forgive partway, like 90% and this might be enough. How sometimes we’ll say: oh just get over it, but maybe this is unfair of us. That the 10% (or whatever) they hold onto is OK because whatever happened might have been pretty hurtful or bad. I had thought of the people I had hurt over the years and the times I have said that very thing and realized if I get 90% from them, then I was really lucky and they are entitled to their 10%. That while forgiveness is for them too, some things may just be too hard to completely let go of…so it made me more compassionate and forgiving too.
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I couldn’t agree more. In my case, I was abused over the course of my entire childhood, and as such it marred my entire development. I can’t forgive that, but I also can’t deny that I wouldn’t be who I am today, had I not gone through all those things as a child.
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❤
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Really nice poem. Still I think forgiveness and love are both decisions not feelings. My personal opinion
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Forgiveness maybe, but love, I would have to disagree. Especially in the case of young children and their parents. They are naturally going to love them because they are crucial for survival. But once the child grows older, it can become more of choice.
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I agree with Robert..having said that, beautiful poem..complicated love.
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Thank you! 😊
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Love…this love….this complicated love ! Beautiful poetry Sara ❤
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Aw thank you! 😊
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My pleasure Sara 🙂
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Love or not, not always possible. Forgiveness.
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That’s very true. Thank you.
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I’m always inclined to side with the narrator in matters of love, although these things are rarely clear cut. Great poem.
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Thank you so much! Love is always complicated. Sometimes for the better and sometimes for the worse.
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Amazing
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Thank you! 😊
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Reblogged this on brookelooks.
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Just WoW!
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Oh, thank you!
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🙂
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