A poem I wanted to share

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Registered: 09-15-2003
A poem I wanted to share
Fri, 10-08-2004 - 11:29am
The time has come.

Finally, it is here.

Freedom has been achieved!

You wonder why

the thrill is palpable,

the relief so intense

when the trouncing was so severe.

You question the reason.

The rationalization is simple.

Really.

Indisputable, it is,

if you, but listen,

for only a moment.

You must understand that

money, personal property

don’t amount to much

when placed upon

the scale of life,

weighed against

the well-being of the little ones.

Exoneration for his crimes

will never be granted.

Not completely.

Clemency can only be given

to those who seek it,

acknowledge the wrongs perpetuated

until then,

forgiveness will lay locked

within the newly beating heart.

Time, they say,

time heals all wounds.

How true this is can’t be said.

Yet, you must believe,

that the day will come when

fear no longer rules supreme,

emotions will no longer be concealed

behind a screen of uncertainty.

It will come,

maybe not tomorrow,

or next week,

or even next year.

But it will come.

In time, you will open

your arms,

your heart,

soar upon the brilliant wings

of love, of confidence,

and most of all of independence.