“You tried to Kill me and I am OKAY with that” A kind of poem by Jerry L. Ricks, Jr. I have never mistaken myself for a perfect person. I have many flaws and it has taken more than half a century to figure out my worst imperfections and to understand my worst misbehaviors. Self-understanding is the work of a lifetime and I recommend that everyone start the job as early as possible. I am fairly sure that at the end of our lives there will be a quiz, so study up! But I have always tried hard to be a good, kind, wise, patient and generous person. Sometimes I succeed. But for some reason, every few years someone who I love hurts me badly. Or tries to injure me. Or tries to murder me either physically, emotionally or spiritually. I’m pretty sure I never had it coming. So you betrayed me. So you repaid my kindness with cruelty. So you tried to kill me. I am Okay with that. You know why? Because while your behavior was…let’s face it, “evil” I know your violence was the result of misunderstanding or illness on your part. Also: You FAILED! I am a lot harder to kill than I look. I have survived shit that would have slain a lesser person. And I still have good works to do in this world. So I refuse to let fear or hatred run my mind or my life. At least anymore than I already have. I do not approve of your abusive behavior and am NOT going to allow you to kill me. But because I am a very strong person whose highest values are Love, Humor and Creativity there will be no retaliation from me. I am better than that. Instead I will hold you dearly in my heart and love you forever. One day, in the fullness of time, you might heal and come to regret what transpired between us. You might even feel conscience about it. You might even want to apologize and befriend me again. I will remain open to your friendship. I will help and teach and protect and try to heal you or anyone who really wants me to, because that is what I was born to do. Or perhaps your feelings will never change and we will never meet again. That would be sad, but I can live with that too. Because I am very hard to kill. https://youtube/watch?v=y6Sxv-sUYtM
Posted on: Wed, 24 Dec 2014 21:27:45 +0000
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