"Wish #36: To Forgive Ourselves"--the art of Cory Jaeger-Kenat"

Nine Wishes
Wish #36: To Forgive Ourselves

Let us imagine
That the bruises we bear
The griefs that burn
Hollows in the heart
Are now touched with streaming colors
Red and green and the soaring of violet.
The leaden box
Is pried open now
And colors that cool and warm
And croon
Stroke your forehead
And whisper
"All is well."

"For Claire,
who deserves to be forgiven, and free."
09/19/05