i felt that i had the right to be angry because 

of all of the things the did to me

it took me a long time to learn that holding on

to bitterness and resentment did me more 

harm than the original incident

when i refused to forgive

was the person who was hurting

i learned the forgiveness did not mean that i condoned

another person's negative behavior

releasing my resentment let me out of prison

i forgive

i let go and i fly free