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H A R L A N R I C H A R D S
October 2, 2012
The following poem won first place in the Restorative Justice category of the SCI Poetry Contest in the spring of 2012.
REMORSE
When I was a young man,
My ego outstripped myself.
Demanded always, me first,
But ended always, me last.
Couldn't tell me nothing,
'Cause I knew it all, my
Strength without wisdom
Begat only sorrow.
Now that wisdom
Has come to call,
My rear-view mirror shows me
The fool that I was, when
I thought I knew it all.
Strength grows in surrender,
Greatness accrues to the selfless
And I would gladly give
All that I am
to undo the harm done by
All that I was.
Harlton Richards
Perhaps by reading this poem others will be able to come to wisodom . . . before they come to prison
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