understanding

fully satisfied with yourself and your life
you realise it’s not about forgetting
not even about forgiving
but about gratefully accepting
all that happened

as even the worst things
the worst people did
shaped you
into this person
now you are

— satisfied —

beautiful stars
so high in the sky
as beautiful as the eye
that impresses them in the mind

the fire of understanding
burns hate
into ashes of compassion