Allegedly

by Tiffany D. Jackson

“What does it mean when you love and hate someone at the same time?” I ask. He laughs. “It means they family.”

But I’m only the weakest part of angry; I’m hurt. Hurt makes you want to lay in the middle of the street, dead on the ground, muscles gone limp.

“Forgiveness is the ability to let go of the pain, bitterness, and resentment of others, and most importantly ourselves. We sometimes can be our biggest enemy. But when we forgive, starting with ourselves, a whole new world opens for us. Our conditions, our world, begins to change. We may even start getting everything we’ve ever wanted.”