One Truth
You rub raw your skin,
the water hot, steaming,
still, you cannot forget,
you cannot forgive.
Weighed down by burdens,
heavy with disappointments,
struggling to move forward,
you stumbled.
It’s understandable,
your careless blunder,
you were misled,
but now you do not let go.
Pain does nothing
to staunch the wrong,
you feel
there is nowhere to turn.
Then it comes to you,
you fold your hands,
touching your fingers together,
and you pray.
Forgiven,
your sins wash away,
leaving only a warning,
to not fall again.
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABCDEFGHIJKLBMNOPQJRSRBT |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 493 |
Words | 87 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 24 |
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