Absolution of a Kiss
written by: J. Iner Souster
@iner
I can hardly think of a better way to say goodbye.
To the sun and the moon, the water and the clouds,
I’ve always wanted to live on a planet where the sky is blue
The light of a star, the fragrance of a blooming fruit tree
The kiss of a bare hand, to the fading flowers on a winter’s night
to be one last person who will fall in love.
When you’ve reached a certain point,
love is no longer a matter of looking for a lost one
It has already found you.
She was here. She lived. And now she has left.
Forgiveness is a difficult thing to manage
It is the third quality of tragedy,
the fourth quality of magic, the second quality of death,
and the first quality of belief
Perseverance is what gives you the ability to overcome
the overwhelming desire to run away from mistakes
and the will to hold on
to those mistakes, even in their ugliest forms.
Forgiveness is what allows us to live with those mistakes,
even in the most minuscule of details,
when absolution is the only way to move forward
And for that, if there is a God, I should forgive her
But if there isn’t a god, I will forgive her anyway.
Even if I am nowhere to be found,
I can still smile.
Because in death, she is beautiful.
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