Mine Enemy Is Growing Old By Emily Dickinson

Vengeance is forbidden. Vengeance should never be on anyone's mind. Vengeance is akin to a four letter word yet there are some who will admit that there is a certain allure, satisfaction, and fulfillment that comes with vengeance. A woman who “feeds” her vengeance would make her anger disappear, as Emily Dickinson once wrote in her poem “Mine Enemy is Growing Old”, “Anger as soon as fed is dead. 'T is starving makes it fat.” Vengeance feeds the anger but you will never get enough while choosing to take the high road can make you starve but you will soon find that your mind was trained to be much more hungry than it already was. There are many people who would rather satiate their need for vengeance because we all want our fair share. We all
John had been warned by many of these detractors that he would lose his family if he continued exacting his vengeance against the United States government through protest. I am positive John did not want to hurt his family but I believe he felt such a strong urge to get back at the American government for the injustices committed against his people that he did not truly think of how his actions would impact the innocent . John believes that the fire was started to get back at him for his activism but the murder remains unsolved to this day. The loss of his family caused John to leave vocal protesting and though he grieved many years, John turned his sadness, anger, and pain into poetry and song. His poem, “Tina Smiled” was dedicated to the memory of Tina Manning. The circumstances may dictate the action but we will not want the action to be dictated at all. Revenge may be warranted and even thought about but it will not be directly perpetrated. It will be mother nature's way of changing things in your favor. A karmic revenge. In the short story “Sweat” by Zora Neale Hurston, Delia herself knew