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Lisann Member
since 2001-01-31
Posts 350 |
FORGIVENESS There are those that expect me to forgive. To let charitable kindness and reason wash over me. Like a rushing stream over jagged rocks-- to forgive----NOW---- But how do you forgive? How can I possibly forgive them for what they did to me? Try to imagine the humiliation and violation of rape then imagine it as constant, unpredictable, but inevitable. Now place it in the context of imprisonment. And finally, Put it in the hands of a beloved parent-- While he says it is for you that he is doing it. The violation breaks you apart. Like an atom hit too hard, you split. Like a knife, the pain goes straight to the heart. your spirit leaves to float above. Now you can only watch and wait for him to finish his parody of love. His particular brand of hate. you lay helpless, no will, no strength to stop or control it, or call a halt. And if he could feel but just a tenth of the pain He'd acknowledge his fault. Today, Years later. I am still weeping. Raging and searching for meaning. But I am also loving. In my heart, along with the grief and the fury--- I FOUND LOVE How can I forgive? Because I am a survivor. I survived a childhood of horror and I am still going. And through forgiveness I can release the pain and the anger That keeps me tied to the past. When I face my past and reclaim myself-- I will not have just survived, I will have triumphed and in that I can forgive. |
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doreen peri Member Elite
since 1999-05-25
Posts 3812Virginia |
this is strongly worded, honest, real... seems to me... the line which particularly engage me was "parady of love"... that's a great line.... thanks for the read.... this is a dynamic piece that speaks for many of us.... |
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