Maleka Parveen - Forgiveness

Complaints of different shades,
Of different nature, major or minor,
Having been fermented there in his mind,
Over a certain period,
Have just been unleashed on her.

She has been showered
With the multi-coloured observations,
Made meticulously for quite some time.
Surprised she is that
Everything she did not or could not
Could be recounted with such minutiae.

The fallacy is that
He could not remember many things,
Which he should.
But he remembers exactly
What she did not or could not
As he liked her to and uses it to his advantage.

Does she want him remember
Those unpleasant things about her?
No, certainly not: no person sensible enough
Should relish on one’s forgivable weakness.
But he does: he likes tormenting her
With his words and silence.

Resigned to her fate unavoidable,
She can either pity him
Or can forgive him.
Also she can retaliate the same way.
She does not: she forgives.

Maleka Parveen

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