Can Humans Forgive?

Can one person forgive another?
Can one ever trust them again?
Is it not like a garment torn apart?
Neither can it be worn again, nor can it be renewed?

They tell me there is a tailor for every garment.
Yet it was torn apart, was it not?
Even if sewn back together tightly and hidden from view,
The mark of that needle’s pain remains.

Once broken, a person becomes like a torn garment…
No matter how many stitches you add,
No matter how tightly you seal the gaps,
It is no longer merely a torn thing.

The betrayal of trust given,
The shards of a broken heart,
A stopping place for flowing tears…
Worst of all, the final wound inflicted by someone who cannot be forgiven.