Looking Back

Hello there my friends. It's good to see you again.

I can't seem to think of what to say

except thank you for treating me that way.

You don't know what I mean?

Maybe a memory will help you come clean...



Think back to a time a few years ago

when all that mattered was who you know.

None of you ever accepted me then

no matter how hard I tried to fit in...



but looking back on that I can see

that the only thing holding me back was me.

Today I want to thank you somehow

because how you treated me then

made me who I am right now.



I remember when you'd laugh so much

push me around and beat me up,

but I just stood there and took the pain

because I knew that someday you'd be repaid.

Life comes back around at you like that...



Looking back on that I can see

that the only thing holding me back was me.

Today I want to thank you somehow

because how you treated me then

made me who I am right now.



Now I'm a better man even though Im barely able to stand.

Jesus Christ is my saviour, though Im undeserving,

and he taught me what it truly is to be a man.

To be a man, you have to be forgiving...



looking back on that I can see

that the only thing holding me back was me.

Today I want to thank you somehow

because how you treated me then

made me who I am right now.

Author's Notes/Comments: 

Back in high school quite frankly...I was a dork.  I got picked on beaten up, and never givien a chance to be a friend.  However, now that I look back I realise it was those things that shaped who I am today, so I forgive those people right here and now, and this poem is my testament to that forgiveness...thank you.

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