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