Forgiveness

[The problems in relationships]

Relationships can be tricksy things
Just when you think that all is cool
some wrong word or deed
jumps in and ... WHAM! ...
you're in the dog house begging for a feed.

You struggle to understand
just how could things go so wrong?
I guess it's like an axle that's  been turning too long
.... without some lube ... from the familiar tube...
the dreaded squeek is sure to start!

It starts as a little squeek and you think
.... "It'll go away ... I'll just ignore it."

The same way ... in a relationship we each feel
... "somethings wrong ... but I'll just ignore it."

Just as the little squeek soon
turns into a deafening screech
So the little something that's ignored
soon becomes  the dreaded coldness
that blows in like a blizzard
..... and we gape at the sudden chasm
that has ripped open between us.

What do we do?  How can we bridge
that crippling crevasse?
We need a bridge! .... not a wooden one
..... nor a steel one.  It's not strength
that's needed....   it's openess
and being vulnerable.

Whatever that something was....
accept that "WE" is more than "ME"
Will you forgive me?
Forgiveness is the bridge...
our future is on the other side.

© Ian Croft March 2019