The Last One Forgiven: A Tribute To A Friend

A product of the darkness held:
A victim of a dark sin.
A battle of forgiveness rages within.
In time we learn to cope,

For things for which we see no hope,
Only a few will understand
That we tread on barren land.
Sometimes we learn to forgive,

In this world, we learn to live.
Sometimes pain is seen as love,
What you know becomes a glove.
We hurt the ones we love the most.

They become the very host
Of the rage that lies within
In that a cycle does begin,
For in the darkness, they still abide.
It becomes a lifelong ride,
Though we forgive those around
For some forgiveness can't be found.
The world opens wide

When we find the joy inside
And the darkness becomes light
And we give to God the fight.
We seek forgiveness for all,

In the wholeness, we feel small
But we fail to see, the one
the battle will never be won,
until we can forgive the hardest and the last

The one who knows all the past,
The one who holds the blame
For all the awful shame
That lies within the heart of pain.

We fail to see, what there is to gain
Until in life the hardest one to forgive
And rise above, and this life to live.
The hardest one to forgive is me.

We were not the guilty ones,
Just the ones who stood alone
For we understood the silent tone
But in the end, she found that freedom,

She forgave herself and now abides with him
She prayed for forgiveness
For harm she was witness
For what she caused when still so young,

From some, that forgiveness would never come,
But from God, it came when Jesus came
And took by the hand and said,
Take my hand child your chores are done.

So now my friend through all we shared
I say farewell, for the battle is finally one.
As you abide now with him
In a world free from pain and sorrow.

Goodbye, my friend goodbye.