Forgiveness

Bring your hand up to your heart
and take the breath that gets it started
In and up, then emptied out
You hold it there, no sound, no sound
So they changed the way you breath
but they don't write your history

Walk yourself down to the water
Rinse your hands, and make the offer
Shaken, stirred, you're still the author
Stop the flames from spreading farther
To stay you don't have to agree
and hey, what a sweet relief, relief

Forgive them
Oh, the burden on you
is the anger you chew on
You're blaming the blind and unglued
for not seeing you
It's like poison
It sits in the pit of you
saps out the sweetness, the truth
You can't move from or to

Pause in stillness with these feelings
Jealousy, your greed, your aching
Lay them out with sympathy
and let the wind lift them away 'cause
they will help your heart to beat
And they are meant to set you free (free, free, free)

Forgive them
Oh, the burden on you
is the anger you chew on
You're weightless
when you open your fist
and release the balloons
It's contagious
The sharing of fruit and the laughter
the music, the ground
common now - hear the sound

You thought you couldn't do it, but you can
I thought I couldn't do it but I am...
You thought you couldn't do it