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Sunday, April 30, 2006

Forgiveness
By Sherry-lynne Mitchell

Forgiveness is a conscious choice
It must begin first in your head
In an aware and planned way
Sometime change engenders dread

Sincerity involves the heart
Need to realize time to let go
Monsters live and thrive in the dark
Pain involved in having to grow

Prison caused by anger and hurt
Trust is not something that is free
Forgiveness is a conscious decision
Trust is destroyed for you and me

Will never be okay, never
Forgiving does not mean to say
What was done then, is now okay
Wasn't right when it was done

Forever it will not be right
Forgiveness does not change the past
Does not erase what was done then
The years are passing too fast

No consent for enabling
Time to move on with living
Thoughts are ever turning backward
Have been thinking of forgiving

When I have it all worked out
I shall write for you a letter
Leaving it for you to read
When I am gone, this is better

I'm not a vengeful man. This is the only way I can express myself and how I can forgive you guys. The gravity of what was done was heavy, but like what the poem says, "Forever will not be right" and "The years are passing too fast". I don't have a lifetime to keep a grudge nor do I intend to keep one. Four years would be a waste and I'd like to cherish only the good.

Give me time guys.