Forgive Some, Forgive None

I’ve always been told “you must forgive all”! 

Well I have tried real hard, but I just can’t. 

What it is I believe, well that’s for myself. 

I’m no God, nor do I claim to be either. 

To each their own, I’ll forgive who I can. 

To those who I can’t forgive, I’m not sorry.

You hurt me, pain so bad, I cannot forget. 

The majority of my life, I took others advice.

I still listen and most of the time I hear. 

 But, it is only I that makes my own decisions. 

Certain people shouldn’t have to forgive me either. 

Although I carry remorse and great regret.

There’s no beauty that can hide my past ugly. 

Nor do I want it to, I must remember myself. 

Otherwise I might not recognize the threats. 

My apologies cannot undo their pain. 

Their forgiveness cannot erase mine.

For ourselves me must want the change. 

To each their own…to myself, mine.