Relief

Liberation doesn’t come
From passing on your pain
To others who are not
In charge – that is in vain

It makes no burden lighter
But those of others worse
What you tried to drop
Multiplied returns

You cannot change the past
Not what you did or others
But you can break that spell
Of hurting one another

If you want to be free
Forgive yourself and those
Then pull the thorn and bury it
To grow a beautiful rose

In Love and Light