Contrition

Laden too much with the hand-me-down traditions I sought to make my burden light Using some mechanics of mind and convention To sift the darkness from the light. I found nothing there in that void of knowing what I Could not believe, except shadows Of my will lurking everywhere, I answering my cry Dancing to my heart’s hollow echoes. And through and through my noise of self justification The rhythm silent broke into song The voice eternal, calls from turmoil without pacification A chorus repeating itself all along Cast your cares upon me for I care for you, take my yoke And find your burdens fully gone Empty mind and will and in my strength you shall evoke Obedience bringing you the dawn. Trust in me with all your heart, lean not on fickle knowledge Changing as the seasons change veils Piling detritus on detritus, working to salvage from garbage A wisdom that every challenge fails. I could not trust without surrender, could not believe until I love, could not walk without direction And worshipping YOU I to my Sinai came to do your will And not understand: this ends rebellion.