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There are times in life when your big mouth can get you into a lot of trouble. This poem was written after one of those times. I made a smart comment in front of a group of friends and one gave me a really bad guilt trip so I started feeling low and asked for them to forgive me.

Forgiveness

by Ashley Dickerson

Adrift in a sea of sadness
lost in my thoughts
Jokes can be taken so harsh
when meant to be taken lightly

A slip of the tongue is all it takes
and suddenly you're alone
boxed in a world of fears
a world of tears

Cruelty is it's game
life it's name
ever changing, rapidly sweeping you along
like a roller coaster you can't stop
and as you spin wildly spin
out of control
scenes from earlier on this ride of life
flash through your mind

The walls are closing in
The room begins to spin
you fall to your knees and
beg for it to stop
you beg and plead for
forgiveness knowing
that you were wrong

You've been to bossy,
said too much,
you say it will never happen
again and you know
that you'll do anything
in your power to keep it
from happening again
you love these people
and can't fight
like this with them
so you plead for forgiveness.

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Visitor Comments (from the Voting form)

juanita

fantastic i can relate to it well u've done great i love it! keep it up

Jessica

BOMB. This poem's a total BOMB. Great job! It's sooooo wonderful and it guides my thinking.

steph

omg i found this poem and it really connected with me as my friend will not talk to me or one of my other friends and wont even give either of us an explination as to why she refuses to talk to us forgiveness is our key to a better world

Antoinette

This is exactly how I feel. I hurt a friend of mine, one who means the world to me. I have apologised, and I truly am sorry, but he's not ready to forgive me and I'm afraid things will never be the same again. Thanks for the poem. Its beautiful.

Ashley

to ashley dickerson ur poem touched me in all different ways one is that it is me n the other is its happening to me, i tihink that ur poem has helped em see that i have to chagned, i want to changed :) thank u sooooooooooo much, i hope u write sum more poems to help me n people like me! thx u again, n also I LOVE UR first NAME!

april

You're poem really touched me because the words fall so close to home. This poem is beautiful. thank you for touching my heart and putting the words together so well.

brandi

great job!

nikki

wow! very good! im suprised i like alot of these but this is one of my top tens! maybe even top fives. well send me a messege sometime. ~nikki~

Kristi

My boyfriend got himself into a similar situation a few days ago. He said something that he shouldn't have and unfortunately, it was overheard and repeated. As a result, many of his friends are now angry with him. I searched for a poem about forgiveness because I would really like for his friends to be able to forgive him. I came across this poem and I loved it!

Danielle

I'm in NJROTC in fl high schools and i really am looking forward to fight for my freedom and everybody else and try to give them the peace that they need to protect them,their families,childern,and their friends as well. this poem is a great example for my goal that i can reach in life so that i can be able to become a solider and, u did an awsome job.

christelle

good work

Laila

i think this poem is excellent it has real meaning and has touched my mind. It also made think about what i say as a person

lauren

AWESOME! your totally right!

Laura

I really loved your poem because I relate to it in so many aspects. I might have said some hurtful words to my best friend and now I regret them. I love him alot and I just wan thim to forgive me.

Elena

that was i really good quote i give it a 10 i feel exactly like that!

Brandy

This poem is so nice. it relates to me soo well!

AYo

This poem is lovely and realy nice. , thanx to the writer.

Amber

i can relate to this poem

tindi

i love you

Jessica

Who ever did this poem has a big heart it was great!

Kelly

this was a real life poem, the same thing happened to me and my best friend, i sent her the poem, she loved it, we arent as good as friends as we were, but we are talking. thanks

Taylor

I just love this poem. It really touched me. I was looking for a poem to send via email to my best friend and her brother, my boyfriend. I needed a perfect poem for the most perfect people in my life. This one just fit! Thank you so much for writing/posting this poem! I really hope they can forgive me. I think this poem will do the trick! Thanks again! ~Taylor

justin

great poem. i enjoyed it.

Sarah

Hi Ashley this was a perfect poem for my camp speech. Thanks for writing it

gabby

this touched my heart. i came looking for a poem for a assignment and instead i found a light somthing that people around the world need to hear. thankyou

Brittany

IT souned great and thisd has happened to me meny times over.

renee

Hi Ashley my boyfriend and I broke up and those were the perfect words . Thanks.

Ryan

Hi thanxs a lot Ashley! i sadi something to my friends and they were amased of how much they mean to me. I really hope that this and you could go a long way!

mark

nice poem:)

cecelia

I am feeling the poem, two thumbs up and keep up the good work

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Forgiveness

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