It’s November Poem A Day (PAD) at Poetic Asides. Today, we were asked to write on the theme of closing a door or turning a page. We’ll be here all month – try the chicken cacciatore! (Ba-dum-DAH!) Amy
TURNING THE PAGE
Close the door on yesterdays
Memories can burn
sure as acid
etching pain into your very bones
Strange Celtic text
something about Dad
something about trust
Close the door on yesterdays
People who hurt you
and in return were abandoned
deprived of your vitality
and also your venom
Hieroglyphics
indecipherable
You don’t plan to study the language
There’s no point now
Turn the page
See a life unburdened by the past
where forgiveness reigns
in beauty
in hope
in trusting the words of one who
forgave so much more than you endured
(c) 2010 Amy Barlow Liberatore
Sharp Little Pencil 
Jae Rose
Hi Amy – sorry only picked up your message on last week’s TWW comment page. Sorry you couldn’t link to my site..thanks for your kind words..I love ‘Turning the Page’..I hope we all can..Jae
Sharp Little Pencil
I’ll keep emailing if I cannot comment, Jae, because I love your style. I am certain we can all turn the page! It’s simply a matter of being bored enough with the page you are on that makes you take the chance… Amy
1sojournal
Am trying to catch up, lol, probably foolish. Like this one and forgiveness might not always be simple and easy but it is possible and worth the effort. Glad to see you at the PAD,
Elizabeth
Sharp Little Pencil
Glad to see you, too, Elizabeth. Love the overlapping of poets and blogs!
uponthewingsofnight
I have been able to close the door on a lot of anger and bitterness in recent years. I feel a much lighter weight on my shoulders now that I have forgiven members of my family for all of the acrimony that had occurred over the years. Brett
Sharp Little Pencil
Forgiveness is a gift, but you must work for it so hard… good for you, Brett. I’ve needed years of therapy to forgive my dad…
uponthewingsofnight
I came to the realization that life was short and forgiveness was in order so that I could properly move on in my life. I need therapy to this day, but it is for problems from within, not from outside sources. Brett
Sharp Little Pencil
I understand, Brett, and for me it is the same. All in the past, but still with that hold on your present day. Sucks, I know. But reaching forgiveness does not mean you ever FORGET, and that’s the part of the whole mishigoss I deal with…