You forbade,
I succumbed.
So evident the transgression –
Forgive me not.
And yet, You promised a mercy greater than wrath.
The tongue is silent,
Where words fail me,
Too late it is to apologise –
Forgive me not.
But yet, You would honour me should I mention You.
My soul!
How wretched it is!
So apt the suffering –
Forgive me not.
Still yet, You gave a fathom for my arm’s length;
I cannot stand,
My back is pained.
Though heavy this burden –
Forgive me not.
But yet, You came in haste, whilst I was walking.
Ablaze I am set, basking in Your mercy.
An atom in Your infinite compassion
I beseeched – forgive me not
And yet, forgiveness was all You had.
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