Bathe in forgiveness.
It rolls down
tumbling mountains
and washes the body clean.
Soul succor.
Pour out
those viscous elixirs
that eddy up in our backwaters
and show,
once again,
the pitcher clear.
Cause and effect.
No one thing
happens without another,
and forgiveness
is much the same.
It is in a crevice
at the base
of a high cliff.
No one gets there
by accident.
That is why
its waters remain clear
That is why
its spring still runs
and no pedestrian vessel
falls into its current.
Although it has been visited
for thousands of years,
you will find
no trace of mans presence
upon it.
It remains wild,
untouched,
and hidden from the casual gaze.
But its freshwater touch
cures illness,
hatred,
and neuroses.
It springs
from the true heart
of existence.
Pain exists aplenty,
and this world
soils the skin
and soaks in deep
into the soul.
Forgiveness
springs eternal
upon the mountain,
and it flows
all year round.
DJR – 2023
