~ Expiation
Even the greatest love will sometimes bring you pain.
Forgiveness opens up the door of love again.
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I enjoy all your poems, especially their thoughtful titles. I can see how much you loved Maurice. The lesson of forgiveness is the hardest one to learn, especially forgiving yourself and the people you love(d) .
A great elegy. Forgiveness is perhaps the highest form of human interaction. In order to bestow we must burn our wounded pride to ashes.