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lightness in the dark
Pen wouldn't move til now Current eventz got me feelin some kinda way

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Moved To Tears

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I count myself blessed

by a radio moment I shall never forget.

Each word that I heard

as their testimony unfurled

blew me further away

from the selfish concerns

of my insignificant world.

How could that one

forgive the unforgivable?

How could the other

earn the undeserved?

How could they make

their desolate lives livable?

My throat constricted

more the more that I heard

from these resilient spirits –

trying hard to choke back the tears it

seemed my ears pumped

from my heart’s bottomless reserves.

Like water from aquifers –

feeding my amazement,

growing my reverential awe

by showing me death, time and remorse

could bring forth a pure

and honest love.

A love a repentant murderer could profess

and have received by his victim’s mother,

who in turn would confess the same

and freed from the grip of her pain call this man “son.”

 

- HymnAgen

 

Listen to their testimony here:    

http://www.npr.org/2011/05/20/136463363/forgiving-her-sons-killer-not-an-easy-thing

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Charles2 says:

uneasy peace
 

catmartan says:

Awesome touching piece of Art !

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hymnagen says:

It's not often I find myself moved like this, but hearing their story in their own voices cut a brotha deeply. I appreciate the read Charles2. Catmartan, you humble me. Thank you.
 

DallasCowgirl says:

This is definitely something beautiful, bro. Definitely.

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hymnagen says:

underhiswings7, thank you for saying so

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2b2b2 says:

Forgiving is supreme power.....it is a benevolent multiplier.....Great Share.....thank you....ONE

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QueenJ says:

amazing
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hymnagen says:

2B, QueenJ Thank you

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