Forgiveness begins where resentment ends,
It takes on its full meaning when it blends with bitterness
It requires courage,
It hurts and yet it relieves
It destroys the affronts,
It lights up the faces
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Forgive me1
My weaknesses, my false steps
But mistakes,
Who doesn't make them?
My silences, my absences
My violence, my arrogance
As for resentment, it gnaws at,
It troubles even the daydreams
It demands a sentence,
It suggests revenge
Resentment flirts with injustice,
It attempts to assassinate
The few bounds that withstand it
A prisoner of the past,
It comes to haunt the present
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Why are our hearts hardened
As if we had put love in abeyance,
As if we didn't know that time chases after us,
Often overtakes us?
But what is left for us
When those who have hurt us,
Those we believe we hate
Without ever ceasing to love them,
Someday disappear?
Our regrets, our remorse, our pains and our tears
Will never be able to bring them back to life
[Chorus]
Forgive me...
1. Speaking to many people.