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Forgiving Our Fathers

Author: Dick Laurie, amended by Sherman Alexie


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How do we forgive our Fathers?
Maybe in a dream
 Do we forgive our Fathers for leaving us too often or forever
 when we were little?

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Maybe for scaring us with unexpected rage
 or making us nervous
 because there never seemed to be any rage there at all.

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Do we forgive our Fathers for marrying or not marrying our Mothers?
For divorcing or not divorcing our Mothers?

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And shall we forgive them for their excesses of warmth or coldness?
Shall we forgive them for pushing or leaning
 for shutting doors
 for speaking through walls
 or never speaking
 or never being silent?

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Do we forgive our Fathers in our age or in theirs
 or their deaths
 saying it to them or not saying it?

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If we forgive our Fathers what is left?

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DMU Timestamp: May 31, 2018 00:33

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