Shakespeare Disputed -Joan Brady

Too often forgiveness
comes with cold fingers.

So many sides, and truth
a facet on a twirling crystal
cut to fit a multitude of views
from opposite directions.

But vengeance only digs a deeper
wound, and punishment’s acid
taste, demanding habit, lingers
somewhere in the back of the soul.

Is there anyone with deeds long past,
that they would not undo if time
allowed a re-lived morning, mourning,
mercy’s loss for lack of trying?

Indeed, there is much straining when

sun, thick with opinion, blinds the eyes.

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