Forgiveness

It illuminates for me

the cracks, the leeches, the holes

but in a new light.

It is the sculptor of life lessons.

I’m like a pile of moldable flesh

that continues to gain more

and more and more detail

and become less blobby

as life progresses

due to its craftsmanship.

It’s taught me to love you

and even appreciate all the

cracks, leeches, and holes

you have gifted to me because

those cracks, those leeches and holes?

They are the clay of my life now

and I’ve become quite the sculpture

because of them.