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I Choose To Forgive

Dad died, i know what killed him It was envy from another man A man who still lives A man who has boys like me And girls so beautiful like my sister I chose to do it just like that Sending my father to the grave With poison He thought none would know But guilt struck him Until it was too hard to bear He run into another life Of another young man And murdered him too The village knew They wanted to kill him I felt like joining them But I chose not But to watch him stay and be tormented By his sin and malice That was not enough I understand that good haunts bad I chose to forgive him And love him I shook hands With my devil And now even when I walk like an orphan I am happy that I forgave The man who killed My precious dad

Copyright © | Year Posted 2014




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Date: 3/5/2014 4:52:00 PM
Hi Rodgers, I hope I'm back and ready to pick up where I left off. This is a very deep poem. It is a tragic story, you have a big heart, in forgiving this man. SKAT
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Muhereza Rodgers Roger
Date: 3/8/2014 1:58:00 AM
Thanks SKAT A you are a wonderful poet

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