Open The Fear With Forgiveness Poem by Sarah Mkhonza

Push into the darkness of the deed,
Push harder than a hammer would do,
Get in there and laugh as aloud do,
There will be an echo that you hear,
It will be doing a new thing to anger,
Creating a space between you two,
That no one can close after you do.

Walk in there with eyes of forgiveness,
Everybody will be quiet as you move,
Take the darkness between you out,
And shake every hand of kind and cruel,
The darkness will be starved and go,
For your laughter is an eraser.

Never move with closed doors of unforgiveness,
They will multiply and haunt your future,
They will reopen and crowd you out
And return you to places,
Where you were dwarfed by rejection,
And mutilated by insults,
And killed by beatings.

Forgiveness is a tool,
It is an invisible machine,
It minces the pieces in there,
and greases the rough rust,
And then creates a new flow,
A you that can hold blue light.
The you that has a pseudonym

Love's namesake this forgiveness,
They walk together and hold hands,
And kiss each other like lovers,
When you marry them at the alter,
For the rings are ready in your heart.
Take the plunge and get wet in the eyes,
Life keeps pushing you the other way,
Turn the other cheek at it and wave,
For the distance to forgiveness is long,
For there love also rests nearby longing,
For the two of you to merge.