Death in relationship; physical death too,
human pride caused division and hatred;
against Christian teaching of forgiveness
against life lived in harmony with others.

Like a fodder it’s something to look into.
like an encounter it’s something to live;
recognizing God’s presence in one’s life,
the need to commit oneself to forgiveness.

A personal touch of being truly human,
vulnerability forms within the heart;
a kind of understanding and healing,
hailed as an answer, a way to reconcile.

It’s a struggle to be caught up with fear,
it’s a great deal of time for emptying;
Indeed, it’s a challenge to bury the hatchet
and turn over a new life at this time.

It’s going to be a journey of renewal,
A constant experience of who I am
in relation with others or loved ones;
a continuing nothingness and acceptance.

Pains in the past, sorrows of affliction,
war of interventions and principles;
plunged in a variety of situations,
molded my own vision and disposition.

Now that I’m old enough to understand
How those scars and pains of yesteryears
Enabled me to grow and learn things
So many that I now feel beholden.