Forgive Me

I pray to my God this very night,

For a breathe of strength from on high

As a tear falls from my swollen face, and my words release with a sigh;

“I have lived my life as you’ve asked me too,

I have gone where you want me to go,

And I gave to the man who so hungered and hurt, that no other would goodness show.

I pay all my tithes and I fast for the sick,

That have need of thy daily bread

And through all of this time I have asked for not much, as I nightly still bow my head;

But on such a night, when my world disappeared,

And I’m left so alone and lost,

I think of the man who has taken from me, and the forgiveness that has too great a cost.

For it does me no good to forget of his sins,

That has taken my life and my love;

So with this small prayer, please forgive me my hate, as I pray to you Father above.

“Oh son, how I hurt for the loss that you feel,

And the pain in your heart tonight

But the tears in my eyes are for the hate in your soul and the desire that you have to fight

Against your brother, who like you, is of the prodigal sort,

And has left me at times for sin;

But inside both of you is the seed of a king, which I’ve given and so hope will win.

Now if you keep fighting and walking this path

Where mercy is ne’r given sway.

Then you will walk it alone against the weights that you gain as you walk further and further away;

But if you just see, that the man that you loathe,

Has such beauty, just hidden inside.

You will find in your soul a small ounce of Christ’s love so large that you’ll break down and cry.

So do all you can to forgive this your brother

And set both your souls flying free

For you know not what he holds, the light that he has, and how great that your brother can be.”