a last look at all I thought

was the end of lessons and suffering

the lessons continue

the suffering continues

I have nothing to add

and nothing to take away

I have no grudge after all

the raging hurts of those

who got over

now they will have to be God's business

we are denied vengeance--best of all--

because we lack the One's totality--

we're not there yet

but it's in us and seeps out

when most we need to recall

the breakage that will heal--the healing that will finish--

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