Monday, August 17, 2015

POETRY: "I Forgive You"




I FORGIVE YOU FOR ALL THE NEGATIVE THINGS YOU SAID ABOUT ME.
HOW YOU SLANDERED MY NAME AND TALKED DOWN ABOUT ME.
HOW YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO BE MY FAMILY, MY FRIEND, MY LOVER OR CONFIDANT.
YET INSTEAD YOU STABBED ME IN THE BACK ONLY TO TWIST THE KNIFE DEEPER WHEN I WAS NOT LOOKING.
HOW YOU SUBCONSCIOUSLY THREW HATE AND SHAME ON ME WHEN CAUSE YOU SEEK ATTENTION. HOW YOU WERE FILLED FULL OF BITTERNESS TO DO SOMEONE WRONG AND TALK DOWN TO SOMEONE YOU SAY YOU LOVE.
I FORGIVE YOU, BECAUSE I AM TIRED.
I AM TIRED OF HARBORING THE SAME BITTERNESS I LOOK AT YOU AS PITIFUL FOR HAVING.
I AM TIRED OF BEARING THE BURDEN OF YOU TURNING YOUR BACK ON ME WHEN I NEEDED YOU MOST.
I AM TIRED OF CARRYING AROUND THE HATE THAT I SAY I HAVE LETTING GO.
I AM TIRED OF THE PILING UP OF FORGIVENESS IN MY HEART FOR YOU.
THE ONLY WAY I WILL BE CLOSE TO GOD IS TO LOVE YOU.
SO WHEN YOU TALK DOWN TO ME I WILL FORGIVE YOU AND TURN THE OTHER CHEEK.
WHEN YOU SAY NEGATIVE THINGS ABOUT MY ACTIONS I WILL CLOSE MY MOUTH TO IT.
I NOW REALIZE THAT I DO NOT HAVE TO EXPLAIN MYSELF TO YOU.
I ONLY HAVE TO ANSWER TO GOD. MY LIFE NEEDS NOT EXPLANATION.
THE ONLY THING I NEED IS TO SHOW EVERYONE WHO I AM BY ACTING ON GODS WILL.
MY VICTORY IS NOT PREDICATED ON YOUR WORDS OR THE SWORD OF HATE THAT YOU CHOOSE TO SLAY ME WITH.
MY VICTORY IS ONLY DETERMINED BY THE ACTIONS I TAKE.
THE HARD WORK I CHOOSE TO PUT IN AND THE FAITH I PUT ONLY IN MY GOD.
MY COMMITMENT IS FIRST AND FOREMOST TO GOD.
IF YOU CHOOSE TO COME ALONG FOR THE RIDE SO BE IT.
HOWEVER YOU MUST UNDERSTAND IF YOU GET ON THIS BOAT YOU HAVE TO HAVE WALK ON WATER FAITH TO BE IN MY SPIRITUAL REALM OF LIFE.
CAUSE I GOT THE VICTORY WITH OR WITHOUT YOU!

SIGNING OFF - Virtuous Woman

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