They tell us we can forgive someone, and yet never have them in our lives again.

Never acknowledge any forgiveness in word or deed.   

That is the basest sort of lie, the most cruel of selfish delusions. 

For the ostracism itself is not forgiveness, but a cold killing of one who mattered in our hearts. 

The silence is the death sentence, not forgiveness, 

And it is a stain on our own souls when they did not deserve it.