Accepting Our Own Humanity

The past will always
Be there.
Nothing will change
What happened.
We can’t go back
And do it differently
No matter how much
We might want to,
But we don’t have to keep
Punishing ourselves
For what we did
Or did not do.
We usually find
It’s not practical
To try to forget,
Or to pretend
That nothing happened.
Ultimately,
We have to deal with it
One way or another.
OK, We made a mistake.
Can we learn to accept
Our own imperfections
And finally make peace
With ourselves?
Is being human
Really the curse
We sometimes
Consider it to be?
Inherent in being human
Is the difficulty
We occasionally face
Of accepting
Our own humanity.