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Unforgiven

by Aaron Blair

The breakdown is unchoreographed, unscripted, though
it's mildly reminiscent of an episode of Sex and the City:
"_____, you have to forgive me!"

But no one has to forgive anyone for anything, ever.
The floor doesn't have to forgive me for kneeling on it, weeping.
The bedpost doesn't have to forgive me clinging to it,
like it's a piece of flotsam in a sea of hypocrisy.

He doesn't have to forgive me for loving someone else.
I don't have to forgive him for never letting me forget it.
I don't have to forgive myself for never really trying.

The dead do rise.
Usually by way of strings attached to the fingers of the living.
The corpse does its dance and then retires,
waiting for the next time he decides to unforgive me.

05/02/2007

Posted on 05/03/2007
Copyright © 2024 Aaron Blair

Member Comments on this Poem
Posted by Tony Whitaker on 05/04/07 at 07:40 AM

Stanza 4 and what stark imagery! Wonderful!

Posted by Joan Serratelli on 05/04/07 at 02:09 PM

WOA! Very powerful and very real write. Stanza 2 is really haunting and prokes thoughts most of us don't want to deal with. Excellent write!

Posted by Kristine Briese on 05/04/07 at 03:47 PM

This is stark, yet haunting. The images in both stanza 2 and stanza 4 make great impact.

Posted by Sandy M. Humphrey on 05/04/07 at 09:55 PM

Very powerful adn stanza two does reach in and stir some moment I would rather not touch, although no can make anyone forgive....I have finally learned I can forgive myself and that is all I can do. Great write very powerful. smh

Posted by Eli Skipp on 05/08/07 at 09:26 AM

Glorious stuff, missus. The line about flotsam is probably my favorite.

Posted by Kristine Briese on 05/08/07 at 02:53 PM

Congratulations on POTD!

Posted by Michelle Angelini on 05/09/07 at 12:09 AM

Aaron, congratulations on being POTD! Incredible poem.
~Chelle~

Posted by Jacki M Butler on 05/09/07 at 03:29 AM

I really can relate to the 3rd stanza, excellent writing and congrats on POTD!

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