Mercy came knocking once, a pale wanderer draped in dawn, with weary eyes and gentle hands, carrying no sword, only the burden of understanding. But the wicked knew not her face. Their hearts were citadels of stone, where compassion died unnamed and every wound became a weapon. They barred the gates. For mercy is a stranger in the hearts of the wicked. She walks their halls unseen, a ghost among shadows, whispering of forgiveness to ears that worship vengeance. They drink from poisoned wells and call bitterness wisdom. They sharpen grief into blades and wear cruelty like a crown. Where mercy offers a bridge, they build a wall. Where mercy kneels, they strike. And so she leaves quietly, taking her light with her, while darkness settles deeper into chambers already cold. The wicked do not fear mercy, they fear what mercy reveals: that beneath their iron masks, beneath their kingdoms of pride, beneath the ruins they call strength, there lives a trembling truth they dare not face. For merc...
I cried because of you,
not from weakness,
But from loving you with my clean heart
In a world that taught you how to take
and leave.
You used what was pure,
then set it down like it meant nothing.
So I wept.
Not loudly.
Not for sympathy.
But because even the strongest hearts
must release their grief somewhere.
Remember this;
Some tears do not fall to the ground.
Some rise.
They go straight to the Lord,
carrying names, carrying the truth.
I may look foolish today,
standing in the wreckage of trust,
But time is a quiet judge.
God turns the tables without a warning.
What you handed me in shame
will return to you as a burden.
Tomorrow, I will flourish.
Not loudly
but fully.
And you will wear the foolishness
you once placed on me.
One day, you will dine on memory,
feasting on the tears
You never thought it would matter.
You will search for forgiveness,
reach for my name
and find only silence.
That is when you will know:
Karma has arrived,
not to wound,
But to remind you
that nothing taken unjustly
is ever forgotten.
© 2026 Gloria Penelope
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