To Forgive

We learn to forgive

in time.

The pain must subside.

Thoughts must be

collected into

a box and sealed

with a ribbon.

We learn to forgive

in time

because forgiveness

is a growth of love,

of maturity.

I can forgive

because I love you

still.

I can forgive

because

your love

is only yours

to give.

I am lucky

to have had you

in the way I did.