Si Villan Poet Ballad

Redemption Over, Forgiveness Denied

There is a Facebook page called BULLYCIDE, a campaign to try to end bullying in all forms. They ran a poetry competition about 3 years ago on their page and I had the unenviable task of judging it. Then, the winner was turned into a song by me which then became the pages' theme tune...this is the winning poem. 

Redemption Over, Forgiveness Denied

A broken child or a helpless teen
An empty place inside when hope might have been
A bully scorned, a crowd that hates
No one to turn to now, it's far too late

Actions taken, never justified
It doesn't matter how many tears are cried
Redemption over, forgiveness denied
The person you tortured chose death over life

You took advantage of a damaged soul
Destruction of innocence, an empty goal
You never thought that my child's fragile heart
Would cease to beat forever once you did your part

Actions taken, never justified
It doesn't matter how many tears are cried
Redemption over, forgiveness denied
The person you tortured chose death over life

Don't ask for forgiveness, it's not mine to give
You took my child's life, it's unfair that you still live
All I have are memories, the potential gone too soon
You are tied to me forever by a thread I'd rather burn

Actions taken, never justified
It doesn't matter how many tears are cried
Redemption over, forgiveness denied
The person you tortured chose death over life 

My child was dearly loved, their memory remain
You may have been the one who made them break beneath the pain
But the fight against Bullycide grows stronger everyday
And your name unimportant now will slowly fade away

Actions taken, never justified
It doesn't matter how many tears are cried
Redemption over, forgiveness denied
The person you tortured chose death over life

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Beata Agustin January 5, 2026 at 3:50 AM Thanks for sharing this... exposing your thoughts through your unique poetic style. Meanwhile, I greet you with the love of the Lord, expressed by John 3:16 of the Bible, "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." Be blessed.