Unforgiveness
Swallow the ash
Of your own unforgiveness
You brought yourself here,
So climb out of the pit
Your own tongue dug for itself
Face your own lack of understanding
Stare down the things you
Once mocked
Take responsibility for
The pain you have caused
As you climb, the torment you
Caused others shall
Be written on your striving hands
You will not find the means to
Scale the walls of your pit
You cannot escape a prison built
Around you, by yourself
You will be brought lower that
You even have been in your entire life
You will crave the taste of dust
After the ashes you will swallow
You will become so low
That the sky will not return to you
Desperate, you will scream teh
Names of those you hurt
They will come to you, like blessings
They will pick you up from the dust
Without your permission, they will
Help cleanse you of your own
Unforgiveness of self
Their pity is your pardon,
The pity of the least on the Earth,
Their kindness your means of escape
From the prison of unforgiveness
You built around yourself
You are freed by grace