The thing about forgiveness

The thing about forgiveness is 

You’re going to have to clear out your arsenal; 

Let go of all those real and imagined 

Slights you’ve been storing up; 

All the times someone said no 

When you wanted yes; 

All the remembered instances 

When things didn’t go your way; 

The insults and the wounds imbedded 

Deep in the bunkers of your brain; 

The ones that have been fermenting for so long 

There’s a pool of acid leaking into 

Every step you take; every sentence that you utter. 

All the weapons you’ve stored up 

 To fire off at the least provocation? 

You need to let them go.