Forgiveness
The roads which I have travelled
and the turns I choose to make
were of my own making
my choices for to make
Perhaps at times they may not have been
the shrewdest or clear sighted
and oft times they brought consequences
somewhat uninvited
For errors I've made I've begged forgiveness
many many times
and in my way I've tried to pay
the penance of the fines
Lessons which I learned from life
often came too late
and mistakes I made are difficult
to clean from off the slate
There are those who never will forgive
a slip made in the past
and those who should be wary
the first stone for to cast
The good and bad decisions
which salt and pepper my trek
are mine to wear forever
as a millstone round my neck
Forgiveness for my flaws and falls
is all I ask of you
so that I may then forgive myself
for all the wrongs I rue
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