'Vengeance' Poem by Linda Winchell

Vengeance has a way
Of rebounding on itself.
You go to take it out and use it
But it does not end up,
Where once thought dealt!

It turns itself around you'll see
And will bite you in the end.
So watch out where you are aiming it
And to whom it is you send.

God said, 'That vengeance be mine'
For it is not for man to ever use.
But if you still insist on it
Then you my friend are the one
Who will always lose.

Nothing can ever be gained
By using vengeance wrath.
It will only rear it's ugly head
And leap upon your back.

Digging in vengeance claws of sin
And maybe never letting go.
If you want to know the truth my friend
I would suggest that, you please let all vengeance go!

I once thought I had to use its power
But I fell under it's deadly grip.
However God forgave me
Of this sin that didn't seem, for me to fit.

God's love, softened up my heart of hearts
Once I let Him enter in.
And then vengeance was no longer
A part of a deadly carried sin.