John and I went to Berkeley High together. We reunited via "Facebook" and "Classmates", and from time to time John emails me a poem. Totally unpretentious.... always thought provoking, never easy to face in their stark emotional honesty. Thank you John. "You've got a friend in me."
This poem arose from answered prayer, yours and mine.
Forgiveness
I need forgiveness
Desperately, like drowning
Sailors need life rings
And caterpillars
Need leaves for food, shelter, and
Haven cocoons.
I did homicide
To Vietnamese soldiers
And Russian pilots,
Easier back then
Than the impossible Grace-
Guided battle plan.
Forgiveness comes now,
Each butterfly moment of
Eternal present
Created anew,
And the instant I know that
I need forgiveness.
John Schweizer
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