Those Who Find God In The Oddest Places Poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar

An apology can never substitute,
For an intentional pain one causes.
Nor can excuses or alibis used,
Come to the defense of someone...
Who had intent to do what had been done.

And those who find God in the oddest places,
Expecting to have erased with faith...
A forgiveness to them eventually given,
Should not approach their victims...
With new found scriptures to state.
Hoping to have their misdeeds eliminated,
By the one they participated...
In having their character successfully assassinated.

Only the ones living through the process of healing,
Know how it feels on a daily basis...
To awaken each day,
Praying to rid all remnants of bitterness,
Left to come to pay those unannounced visits.