I forgive while you forget.

I dream of spring,

Of birds and things

That don't go bump in the night,

Of sunlit walks and heartfelt talks

Yet we're always met with spite.

The venom in your demeanor

Is a thief,

A master pilferer

Of all the best and worst,

All the pointless words

But they weren't pointless to us.

Does it feel better

To gouge out my eye

And call it victory?

I never made you blind,

But your phantom revenge has me

In wonder of the past;

What red flags might I ask

For clarity of mind?

Should I repay you in kind?

Can't forgiveness be fine enough?

I sweet words,

Hours spent trading prose,

Silly little jokes,

And stories of life.

The sun would rise

And everything's unsaid,

Pieces of love in sugar water

Where they dissolve.

We can't fish them back out.

We can never turn back time,

But I tarry even as

Your visage harries my quest.

How could you forget

That I looked in your eyes

And saw the whole world?

I forgive you.

Can you say the same?