The Reckoning based on a true story

She stared at the little crosses
they had been placed where her family had died,
they had been made to dig their own graves
then pushed into it and buried alive.

She had managed to creep away, and hide
she ended up in Canada a far away place
her foster parents were good,
but she longed for her own Mother.

She remembered the soldier laughing,
now was time to visit him
how would he explain his actions
following rules, ah but he was laughing.

She was told to forgive, but how could she
every night she relived the horror
she had run away and hid
while her family cried and died.

He was married with children now.
But for her she could never love again
Love was too painful,she cried at night
oh the anguish, oh the hate in her heart.

Now they sat across the table from one another,
he spoke of his shame, has his tears flowed
she saw he had suffered too
And then God gave her the grace to forgive.