Forgive And Forget

Forgive and forget as I've been told That query keeps coming to my mind As 'I forgive' is the easiest words for one to say But to forget, to me it seems like a crime. To forget the evils that someone has done Or even the evils or lies that they had spoke To walk away as they never had accrued As though to have a nightmare and never to awoke. When we were young we are taught by our elders To forgive the trespasses against us one and all We must forget the pain and suffering that we felt And must lock that away behind our own brick wall. The lies and the evils that were done to us, Even by friends and the ones who we had loved We must then say that I forgive you one and all And to some, that forgiveness is not even enough. Forgive and forget those words we have heard Even the bible does speak the same To forgive the sins that were committed against us all And so against no one can we ever curse or blame. Sometimes though it seems like in this life The wrong doers are always asking to forgive and forget And then the moment that you smile and accept their request They attack you, and they feel no sadness or regret. Forgiving sometimes it is so very hard to do And then to forget that person of their evil deeds While trying not to remember what they have done to you While wishing in them, you once again could believe. Now as I think about my very own past Of all the wrongs and evil deeds to me I must accept I read that forgiveness is mine so said the Lord So now I toss the evils done to me off to forgive and forget. Randy L. McClave