Will Not Forget Poem by Randy McClave

I was taught to forgive the people who sinned against me
With their lies and cheating and betrayal, but not their blaspheme
Forgiving them of those sins I will not give it a second thought
But forgetting what they did to me, to forget it, I will not.
I will not forget the lies and the times that I was used
When sinning were their actions and they all were amused
They then asked me for forgiveness I gave it to them one and all
But then they did it again, the actions of them I will always recall.

I once gave food to a starving dog that came into my site
It growled at me and then the hand I fed it with, it did bite
I forgave that dog for what it had done to my hand
But I will not feed a starving dog again, that is my stand.
You can always forgive, but you cannot forget a loss or a defeat
If you do, then someday the same incident you might repeat
Man must be forgiving and charitable, which is righteous and true
But he must not ever forget, or he will turned like the screw.

I walked up a street that I have never been to before
Strangers mocked me and laughed at me and at me they swore
I forgave the people for what they did to me that day
But I will not forget that street, as I will not be any-ones prey.
A forgiving person can sit anywhere that he wants to sit
He forgave all of his enemies as no sufferings did he commit
But when his back is turned sinners will find what they sought
To forgive any man I will, but to forget what they did, I will not.

I once trusted a woman with my belongings and my house
She said she loved me, she then robbed me her words were a rouse
The bible said I should forgive her, and I did forgive her of that sin
But will I ever forget or trust her, I will not and never again.
They say that a bad and sinful person will be happy with their own
And a forgiving and righteous person will always be known
Evil is like a worm and like any worm it will crawl any fruit that will rot
I will never eat that rotted apple, and to forget about it, I will not.

Randy L. McClave