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Ode To Forgiveness

I SALUTE THEE,OH MY GREAT SENSE, YES MY SENSE OF FORGIVENESS, IN FURY AND PAIN,IN INNOCENCE AND TRUTH, I HAVE FORGIVEN THEE, IN THE ART OF RESPECT AND IN THE HOPE OF HEALING, I HAVE FORGIVEN , JOURNEYING THROUGH INDIFFERENCE,HATRED AND OVERBEARING INSOLENCE,I HAVE FACED,HOPED AND EVEN FEARED FOR MY SPRING TO COME, I HAVE SEALED MY LIPS IN DEEP SILENCE AND WAITED SECRETLY, I HAVE SUFFERED QUITELY, I HAVE SEARCHED ENDLESSLY, I HAVE STAYED FRIGID AND COLD JUST BECAUSE I REFUSE TO BREAK, REFUSE TO YEILD TO THE CRUEL AND UNJUSTIFIED CHAINS OF THE VICIOUS CIRCLE THAT SURROUND ME, I STAND ALONE, FACING ALL,EVEN IN THE MIDST OF THE UNCONCIOUS GLOOM AND COLD DEFEAT, HATING ALL,BUT SMILING, YES INSANITY BUT BEING ALIVE, I REMEMBER THOSE DARK NIGHTS CLOUDED WITH HAUNTING FEARS, WHEN I CRIED LIKE AN ANGEL, AND GOD ANSWERED MY PRAYERS, I COULD FEEL A LIGHT BURNING INSIDE ME THEN, YES A LIGHT OF WISDOM AND FAITH, I KNEW THEN AS I PAINFULLY AND WITH DIFFICULTY UNDERSTAND NOW, THAT TO REACH MY HEAVEN I REALLY HAVE TO FACE THE CONSEQUENCIES THAT THIS MORTAL NATURE OF MAN DISPALYES UPON ME, I WILL HAVE TO FIGHT,FACE AND SOMETIMES HEAR, THE DECEIT,THE INJUSTICES,THE JEALOUSIES, THE CORRUPTION OF TRUTH, AND I WILL LIVE THROUGH EVERYTHING, I HAVE LEARNED TO FORGIVE THE BITTERNESS IN LIFE, I SAVE MYSELF FROM DEFEAT, I KNOW I WILL SURVIVE TO REACH THE BEST, BECAUSE GOD WHISPERS HOPE INSIDE OF ME, COURAGE TOO,THAT IS MY PRIDED SHIELD.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2006




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Date: 3/17/2016 12:10:00 AM
arfa khan, Enjoyed the way you expressed every line. Please keep writing and sharing you're poetry. LOVE LINDA
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Date: 1/14/2016 11:13:00 PM
ARFA, Awesome write, I really like this. Forever ** SKAT **
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