Promptly Poetry - Book 3

Letting Go

There’s something satisfying about a grudge
tightly grasped and wrapped up
kept always in a clenched fist
it fills the hand
it’s substance cannot be denied
for it is a heavy weight to carry.
Forgiveness cannot be held
it must be given away
no strings to hold onto
it floats like a helium balloon
it weighs nothing and yet
it carries away the heaviness.




Written for: "Promptly Poetry Challenge (2025-2026)" 
Week # 24

FORGIVENESS

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