The man who committed 99 Murders

On his 99th Murder

he heard someone say

"you'll be punished tomorrow

for the crimes you did today."

So he went to a man

who was respected and good

Told him what he'd done

would he be forgiven if he could?

The man shoook his head

and quickly he said

"Hell is made for people like you

God'll punish for the people you slew"

So the man said "oh well

if my final resting cell

is that fiery pit of hell

I might kill you as well"

But he still felt blue

With the fact that he knew

He was not worthy of Allah

And the tears fell down his face

As he felt out of place

In the house for Salah

Someone heard his weeping

"What painful secrets are you keeping?

Why are those your tears that are seeping

through your clothes?"

Throughout life we make mistakes. Sometimes they're small and sometimes they're monumental. But more often then not, mistakes lead to hurting the people around us. Sometimes when the people around us hurt, instinctively we hurt too.

In such times, we are reminded that to err is human but to forgive is divine (or some such bs lol). Forgiveness is the act of acknowledging ones mistakes and regretting the decision we now wished we had not made. Something as simple as 'im sorry' can begin to mend even the most broken of hearts.

The act of forgiving is to like setting a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you. It takes much strength to forgive, for forgiveness is an attribute of the strong (Ghandi said that).