Forgiveness-a poem

We all know
What a hurting heart
Feels like.
Anger sometimes
Visits a hurting heart.
Caution.
Use care
And be aware.
Anger is a heart-eater.
Forgiveness is
the magic medicine
That soothes
A hurting heart.
Forgiveness chases away
The anger, too.
Give Jesus
Your hurts
And, you will see
Anger leave, too.
Then, God’s love
Will come to live
Inside your heart.

late Ash Wednesday

Grainy black smooshed
Shaped into a cross
On my forehead
Palms sacrificed
To mark
Signs of repentance.