Can it ever be possible

to be free of past mistakes,

of misdeeds, of good acts

not done, of evil witnessed

without intervening, of

kind words not said when

still able, of the times when

red rage took over, when

anger dictated words,

when we were less

than we could have been,

when we didn't help,

when we offended,

when we tormented,

when we were the bad guy,

when we were the reason

for sorrow, for pain,

when we were

on the wrong side?

No.

Those acts built us,

moulded us, shaped us,

made us, are us.

We are all the wrong

we have done,

have thought,

have witnessed,

have heard of

or read of

without acting.

We are the sum

of our own sins.

03.04.2013