Forgiving

By Anindita Das

A word so strong…so rarely used

Such strenuous effort needed to utter

Forgiving someone and forgetting

Is the best way for the mind to declutter

The weight that we carry within

By keeping past events in mind

The burden that is buried…deep rooted

Has often barred us to unbind

Unbind from the shackles of angst,

The pain... the scar that we carry

The mind is in captive; is always confined

Consequences of which we are wary

The sense of discomfort that we go through

As those situations are recalled

The wound feels fresh; scratched again

Like the mind has again been mauled

Picking up the courage to let go,

To forget and forgive the cause

To weigh down the load off your chest

Deserves a worthy applause

Applause I say, as it is easier said than done

To let the past experiences go

Walking ahead with the head held high

Moving out of this dark shadow

Shadow of the past…. the load we bore

The pain we let our mind to suffer

Leaving that behind; breathing a wisp of fresh air

Accepting that we indeed are tougher

By Anindita Das