I know I admit that I have hated them for years........ I just don't want to hate them, slam them, nor ever see them again because these emotions are toxic to me, opinionated. It is so not worth it. I read a poem that really struck a cord with me. Its the truth
The Poison Tree William Blake
THe description says, "Blake was not the sweet innocent one that one might think. He was capable of hatred and this poem about anger against an enemy (Stern, Levault, Whitt for me) proffers a warning that you can destroy yourself. Bitterness is the most destructive of emotions. I tremble at this poem at the sheer nastiness of using your enemy's own evil (his desire for your apple) against him.
A Poison Tree I was angry with my friend: I told my wrath, my wrath did end. I was angry with my foe: I told it not, my wrath did grow.
And I watered it in fears, Night and morning with my tears; And I sunned it with smiles, And with soft deceitful wiles.
And it grew both day and night, Till it bore an apple bright. And my foe beheld it shine. And he knew that it was mine,
And into my garden stole When the night had veiled the pole; In the morning glad I see My foe outstretched beneath the tree.
William Blake
Bitterness, hate, evil.....it destroys me not them!!!
The book is, "Speaking to the Heart 100 Favorite Poems" Chosen and introduced by Sister Wendy Beckett
I am done with hate and bitterness ....I am just done with it. It is not who I was before 2009 and I refuse to let my past 2009 predict my future 2013. Its over......
on March 25, 2013, 10:16 pm, in reply to "