so stop before the quarrel breaks out." Proverbs 17:14
it is just a small drip,
that slight another unknowingly
lets fall from their weary heart.
just a drip that slowly,
inexorably begins to pool
in the hollows of our heart
where, because we are so
hurt we cannot bring ourselves
to tighten the faucet of our memory,
those drip, drip, drips
continue to drop
as the level of our bitterness
begins to rise inch by bitter
inch
until it threatens to burst forth,
flooding our relationship away
unless
we dare to dam it up
with forgiveness.
(c) 2024 Thom M. Shuman
Venmo: @Thom-Shuman
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