Revenge Taken, and Not

Think, no revenge tends to leave 
Your foe more shaken
Than a revenge forsaken--
One never taken...
For, the truth leaves a lifetime
Of unbearable burden
Of unpardonable crime,
A scar, the foe’s left to live
With, but a revenge taken
Leaves you for life crest-fallen.
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   Reflections | 03.10.04 |
Copyright © | Year Posted 2018

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