Tears streaming down faces 

where just before anger burned

Hands are reaching out for purchase

Please, please, please

Forgiveness

Heads are shaking in the crowd

They feared the worst but were let down

How strange to think that someone 

so dear could incite such fear

I suppose they’d better ask

Forgiveness

Tension dripping out from fingers 

that, for years, had held such envy

So hard to say when the competition ended

No real purpose, they’d both be happier

What would life be if they asked?

Forgiveness 

In every day, in every stage

of your lifetime you find

the only thing that truly means

Forgiveness