Forgiveness (An Easter Poem)

If it were up to me and me alone,

I’d make you feel the pain and hurt you just as you’ve hurt me.

But I know a route that starts with love and ends in love, just like a circle.

It’s a healing route;

life changing and fulfilling all the same.

And so I choose to take with you, the path that Jesus took with me.

It’s the only path that works and my hope rests in its effectiveness.