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Poetry On Odyssey: Forgiveness

Could you forgive the entire universe?

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Poetry On Odyssey: Forgiveness

This is a piece I wrote specifically to identify and reform cliches into something unique and impactful. It was a bit of a challenge for me, as cliches are easy to use and hard to identify sometimes, but this challenge was a welcome one, as it helped me to build my overall skill set. Some of my technique may have suffered as a result, but I still thought that this poem was worth sharing.

Forgiveness

Night falls, and I step under it, eager,

My hot skin soaking up the darkness,

My tired eyes thirsting for the cool breeze.

These days, I am mostly tired, as the sleep I get is meager.


It is nights like this that I plead

For change to come about,

For my heart to flip in my chest.

But nights like this are hard to read.


What will tonight give me?

Silver lining?

Happily ever after?

I doubt tonight will fix me.


But what will it give me?

Comfort? Peace?

Silence? Grief?

I pray that it will set me free.


But mostly, I want tonight to let me sleep.

For the stars to see and pity me,

Close my eyes against their light,

Give me dreams that I can keep.


I know that's a lot to ask,

Because the night took my silver lining.

My happily ever after.


And I've been angry, so, so angry.

But now I'm forgiving and free,

And I want to sleep

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