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And Cultivate My Hatred With My Tears

Shall I give home to grievance and  to woe

And cultivate my hatred with my tears?

Shall I remember  carefully each blow,

And add this sorrow to my anxious fear?

 

I  thought by hating you I would have peace

And surely I had reason without doubt.

Yet  rumination  gave me no  release..

For wisdom and compassion it did flout

 

I remembered then  past love and  shared sweet words

I gave  them freedom in my anguished heart.

I did it for your sake, yet then occurred

A sweetness, joy and gladness in all parts.

 

To  forgive,repent and  let go of such grief

Helps us more than hatred’s legal briefs

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Poet Tacito

Date: 3/26/2016 2:43:00 PM

"I thought by hating you, I would have peace"...a very, very striking line. Madness in exchange for solace. Pain in exchange for joy. Powerful and something I can easily relate to.

Katherine Braithwaite
Date: 3/26/2016 3:20:00 PM

I am pleased you could relate to it.Thank you so much for your comment.

Joanna Daniel

Date: 3/15/2016 9:01:00 AM

Forgiveness truly heals us ... A very beautiful write:) a fav and a 7

Katherine Braithwaite
Date: 3/15/2016 5:28:00 PM

And we can feel it.Being good is good for one!Thank you Jo Daniel.