Judgement is our Calling

I wrote this after a person I had wronged forgave me. Definitely something that sticks with me even today.

Don’t judge me for who I am or for who I was
But judge me for who I will one day become

I can only imagine that was your thinking
When you forgave me after my mind was numb

 

Shall we go back to that fateful and shameful day

I recall the dagger so deep in your back
The feel of the handle and your blood that soaked it

It poured along with your secrets, my mind black

 

But my mind refreshed to see my own wrong doings

So I stood, with a haunted hole in my face
Haunted, I was, as my mouth ripped you vulnerable

My plague lined tongue now left with a bitter taste

 

A week of disdained silence and hate filled eyes passed

But you knew that day, that vessel wasn’t me

Which was clear from your actions on that Friday night

You forgave my wretched sin, much to my glee

 

Yet the weight of your sorrow has not been lifted

That time will always remain a monument

A mark on my soul which cannot be erased

To remind me of a harsh boy now dormant

 

Don’t judge me for who I am or for who I was
But judge me for who I will one day become

Reviews

[Vanessa Rico]

Again, you sum up the entire poem in the last two lines. Andy, those last two lines are so powerful that they could bring tears to someone's eyes! You are amazingly talented! I am not a poet, rather I am a novelist, but I am in love with your poetry and you make me fall in love with this genre! Amazing!

[Kelsey]

Forgiveness is so powerful. Great job on this!

[ब्र&#..]

this was absolutely amazing, very breath taking great job!
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-Meja Malina

[sissybug]

Wow. This poem was great! i felt the emotion... I really love the last two lines as well. Amazing.. Great job!

[Honourfish]

We've all been there, just believe that some good came out of it as well as bad.