Don't remember your name
Just the sign of the cross in oil
On your forehead when I asked Jesus
To open your mind and blow away like
The dry leaves of autumn
All the ugly things ever said to you
By family and the boys in the neighborhood
And men that should have known better
Let you see that He was there, holding you
Crying, too...
Saying I never abandoned you
You said father was in prison
And in prison there is no one to open
The mind and help him love a little girl
The way he really wanted to
I asked, "You can forgive him that,
Can't you?"
The way you sobbed
Wept bitterly
Then smiled
Serene
Author notes
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Michael Jackson
I gave her a copy of the poem the next week. She cried again and said she never realized what a big thing having her father 'abandon' her by going to jail had been...
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Comments
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Beautifully written, and a beautiful story: healing often begins with forgiveness, and often forgiveness of self as much as of anyone else. Opening the soul of others is a great gift. Being able to write and share this is another.
Lita
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