Starving, hurting, missing, crying,
Thirsting, throbbing, bleeding, dying,
We feel it all, every single bit,
Only wanting it all to quit
A new day, a new fear,
Always knowing the end is near,
The pain is real, it will not stop,
Barely able to stand and not drop
We just want it all to go away,
Go back to the days of laughter and play,
Our world has been turned upside down
Just like our smiles, we can only frown
We miss our houses, we miss our land,
We miss everything that we had planned,
We miss our kids, we miss our wives,
We miss the rest of our old lives
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Forgiveness Essay - short essay
Elie, the main figure in the biography Night, should approach forgiveness of the Nazis thinking of his future state of mind and well-being because forgiveness, one of the toughest choices man must deal with, plays a big role in mental health later in life. Since the Jewish population does not believe God can forgive transgressions between man and man, Elie, who was a prisoner in a Nazi concentration camp, should forgive everyone who had a hand in the Holocaust, as he himself can only forgive. Forgiveness, the key to future sanity and well-being, will allow Elie to get over his past and become a stable, productive person in society. Elie needs to let go of the past because it cannot be changed in any way; what happened can no longer be taken away. If Elie will not let go of the past, he will never embrace his future; his past will haunt his life, thoughts, and dreams throughout the rest of his life. In addition, Elie cannot hope to receive forgiveness in future situations if he cannot give forgiveness in the present. It would be hypocritical to think one should be forgiven after constantly refusing to forgive another. In conclusion, with his future in mind, Elie should forgive those who have trespassed him so he can be happy in the rest of his life.
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