Tuesday, July 31, 2007

Three Divine Words



If words can kill
If words can heal
If the pen is mightier still
Then they must be as real

If men are caged
By men enraged
If grudges old as time
Can spin a web without rhyme
or reason and ensnare
themselves in their lair..

And if this is the cruel face
Of a distorted human race
Then there must be a way free
A divine key

If you can find it within you
To find God within you
To undo this slimy web
To put down this gun to your head
And say..
Three short words..
That open the cage
set free the birds..
That turn the page..

Three words that allow
Allow you to
Breathe...
Breathe..

That flood you with the kind of peace
Peace
Only God can bestow..

then
just say them
and mean them..

and

fly



i forgive you



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18 Comments:

Blogger Fajita said...

or, I forgive me. that's divine too.

August 01, 2007 12:11 AM  
Blogger come running said...

I can forgive most anything, but not someone who hurts and harms my child.

August 01, 2007 12:41 AM  
Blogger Sarah Likes Green said...

very thought provoking, beautifully written.

August 01, 2007 2:33 AM  
Blogger fashionista cat in a zero gravity shoe-store said...

Thanks, but what have I done in the first place?

(jk)

August 01, 2007 9:15 AM  
Blogger Open Up! said...

took my breath away....

August 01, 2007 10:04 AM  
Blogger David_on_the_Lake said...

fajita...
oh how true..
but..I'm pretty good at that...actually..

come_running...
Yea..some things are definitely more difficult than others to forgive...

For instance..I could never forgive Fashionista..just cant do it..

sarah...
Thanks..

Fasionista...
oh..you know...

(jk)

open...
Thanks..
(hope u got it back by now..)

August 01, 2007 10:32 AM  
Blogger fashionista cat in a zero gravity shoe-store said...

Oh well, David..

"The course of true love never did run smooth."

(jk)

August 01, 2007 11:05 AM  
Blogger Fajita said...

David- where do you post your music from?

August 01, 2007 11:25 AM  
Blogger David_on_the_Lake said...

fashionista...


(jk)


fajita...
same place u do
:-)

August 01, 2007 8:38 PM  
Blogger exsemgirl said...

So so true and beautifully put as usual.

August 01, 2007 10:21 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

your writing is out of this world.

I mentioned this anecdote already, once a famous speaker asked a big crowd what are the 3 most important words in a marriage. most of the people answered I LOVE YOU
he said, wrong! the 3 words are "I am sorry!"

and u are right "I forgive you" matches that too

August 02, 2007 1:29 AM  
Blogger Shmuel said...

Oh,if we could learn the value of true forgiveness...
So many times, we say to someone "forget it, it's cool," when it isn't. We're not just harming them, we're harming ourselves...

August 02, 2007 8:14 AM  
Blogger David_on_the_Lake said...

exsem...
thanks..

nuch..
Thank you..

true...i'm sorry is the flipside of i forgive you...

jewmaican...
Thats exactly. it..we get stuck in or own web...

August 02, 2007 10:58 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

thanx for forgivin me .........i wonder if ur mom does though wahahahhahahahahahahaahhahaha

August 02, 2007 7:40 PM  
Blogger fashionista cat in a zero gravity shoe-store said...

Mazel tov, David, seems you've got a stalker ;)

August 03, 2007 10:22 AM  
Blogger David_on_the_Lake said...

fasionista...
ya..
precisely why I dont like anonymous posting..but a few people clamored for me to allow it..
so there it is..

August 03, 2007 10:59 AM  
Blogger the dreamer said...

yah, that's something i gotta work on... forgiving others...
holding onto grudges is so painful, but actually fogiving is often even harder...
cuz, as someone mentioned previously, you first have to forgive youself....

August 06, 2007 8:22 PM  
Blogger David_on_the_Lake said...

dreamer...
yes it is...bh I'm good at forgiving..

August 06, 2007 9:08 PM  

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