<figure><img src="https://cdn.worldpulse.org/images/post/6253/25374/post_image_gallery/b2733889065800324295fd0d5b67cfcc/unlock.jpg" alt /><figcaption></figcaption></figure>Sentence by Susan Cruz The harshest judge; an unsympathetic jury. The counsel accuses more out of contempt than duty. The air weighs with guilty oppression, can barely lift my face; I focus on a point on the floor, waiting for it to open and swallow me into its space. How long will this torture last? Punishment now seems like a wanted goal, because enduring this torture is taking its toll on my soul. May I seek redemption? What can I do to mend my ways? How do you measure and pay back others suffering and pain? I am my own judge and jury. My eyes accuse me, fixed and morose. What worse punishment can I have than my own unforgiving soul?

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2013 VOF Week 2

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