Cleanse Me!

'Will no one rid me of this turbulent priest?'

Wash my sins

away.

Bring me back from

the abyss.

Do not let me fall

into Dante's infernal

inferno alone.

I will serve your will,

drink from your fountain,

kiss you at the edge

of your blue lake,

if only you would

absolve me from

this Catholic guilt.

Take this original sin

and make it old

forgotten news.

For I seek redemption,

I long for release

from these heavy chains.

To be purged

so thoroughly,

that the burden

that has weighed me down

since my ego was born,

would evaporate

like morning mist.

 

 

21/04/19

Author's Note

Reviews

[Lydia Shutter]

If all religion can do is make you carry around guilt, is it worth it? Supposedly all sinners are forgiven in religion....or so they say. A poem that elicits all sorts of emotion. You are so good in this genre. Lydi**

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Yes I wholeheartedly agree Lydi. Catholics are taught they are guilty from birth and it leaves a dark stain for many. Many thanks for your kindness.

[Chris Shaw]

Such a heavy burden I felt here and a need for redemption. We are all sinners. Some don't care whether they are cleansed or not. I sense your Catholic faith engraving that guilt deep. I hope it lifts with the mist. Your lines are thought provoking. Good evening John.

Chris

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Good Morning Chris, Ah that Catholic upbringing indeed leaves memories and much ink for a quill. Many thanks.

[Muskan]

A fantastic write-up.
"Wash my sins
away.
Bring me back from
the abyss."
These lines are on my lips now.

[John Alexander McFadyen]

I am happy it has touched you but hope not in a sad way. Many thanks.

[Muskan]

It touched me in a melodious way

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Thank you.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

i have looked deep inside to try to find forgiveness for my transgressions...i have had many....definitely in the Catholic sense, a sinner...and yet i must admit a cheeky smile that really hurts when i think of those we ask penance of...can be diabolical in their own deeds...Mortal sins for sure on their end...and they are stand-ins for God...Hmmph.......

really thought provoking and memory provoking write.
j.

[John Alexander McFadyen]

How we Catholics like to suffer for our sins as taught by our fathers and our priests. Yet it is all a futile pursuit filled with flim, flam lies. Thanks Jacob for being real.