Love and Forgiveness

Listen you can allow hatred and anger to imbed itself into your life.
Only it will grind your heart into a chaotic sword that will rip apart.
Vengeance will eat at your soul developing torment in every way.
Eventually there will be no joy that enters or spreads from your heart.

All things that happen are usually not set out to hurt anyone at all.
No one has that much evil within them to plan for these attacks.
Doom and gloom are things we fear and they could inherit your call.

Forgetting happens with time, or at least lessons as years fade.
Our way of thinking upon each passing day brings either joy or hate.
Realizing this we can learn to forgive others misgivings made.
Greatness is not measured by relentless abhorrence forever.
Individuals make bad judgments, since before the age of times.
“Vengeance is mine said the Lord” not yours to endeavor.
Each of us now has the charge to love and not hate in crimes.
Now better than anytime before we need to learn this straight away.
Each person has the capability to choose the path they have to take.
Serving to bring happiness and love until their last and dieing day.
Securing forgiveness in our mind and heart upon each day, we wake.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2009

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August 11, 2009 at 6:00 PM
Congratulations on your win with this poem in my contest, Cecil. Thanks for your participation and hope to be crossing trails with you again real soon. Take care... ~<><
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August 11, 2009 at 2:40 PM
Congratulations on placing in the contest! Wonderful, beautiful acrostic. ~Trudy~
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August 11, 2009 at 3:43 AM
Congratulations on your win in Jim's contest Cecil. Have a wonderful day. Love, Carol
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July 17, 2009 at 4:06 AM
Interesting thoughts on forgiveness,Cecil. Write on. Sara
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