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The Forgiven Self (1)
To love..
To be human..
For with what love
shall be the judge
of our forgiving?
Shall the offence of our
brother be weighed merely
on the scales of human
justice?
Brother arraigned by brother,
and interogated in the court
of human love?
To be human..
To love..
To forgive..what is that?
Shall man play God?
Or shall man judge in the
image of himself/
Can such a thing be?
To judge..to lay the axe upon
the head of the guilty..
Is forgiveness a law unto itself?
To love..
To be a judge..
Who shall forgive?
Who can forgive?
To be God..
To be man..
To be anything..is but a faith..
If I look inward I condemn myself..
Outward..and I allow another to slay me..
To love..
To forgive..
I choose my judge..
I choose my standard..
I choose to accept who has loved
me and by that love my standard is set..
And my brother shall be set free, or
his head shall roll by my judge..
To forgive..
To play upon a frail humanity..
to whip the back of my brother
for his slightest offence..is an
earthly arrogance..
But to throw my pride into the
abyss of an imperfect human nature..
is to capture the divine..
And to be divine..is to forgive~