The man who has learned to finally forgive,
is indeed the man who has now learned to live.
The man who bears without tears, but with laughter,
the pangs of his hunger,
is the man who has conquered his fears from yonder.
The man who transcends selfish, egoistic, and suffering ways,
to spend all of his days,
comforting and soothing souls trapped in a maze,
is the man who ought to be perpetually in our gaze.
The man who understands his wretched condition,
is shared by many communities of the human population,
will always empathize with those constantly ostracise.
The man who educates himself,
only to elevate himself,
is the man whose conscience has neglected to motivate,
the vast remainder of life that partakes.
The man whose consciousness is strong enough,
to embrace life’s myriad of fortunes and misfortunes,
is the man whose life will illume just like the harvest moon.
Orlando Patterson.
