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Mercy Sought, Justice Sadly Given

Mercy Sought, Justice Sadly Given!


The scent of your spirit announced your love nightly
  a whisper of sweetness with a hint of sexiness lightly
No visual needs to precede your comforting lovely gift
  just a kind word from you gently my heart uplifts

Those beautiful nights that gave we our precious all
  should have never led to such a blue and tragic fall
Lay the mistake upon my arrogance and stubborn pride
  I foolishly sought your breath taking beauty to hide!

Jealousy is a vicious and dark angel sent to take away
  love true and the sweetness of happiness the live long day!
I sought precious time to amend my silly and unhappy mistake
  as you sailed across forever high upon the "no forgiveness lake"!

Now I live in a dark pit filled with a lost and lovely dream
  as another enjoys your nights and makes your sexy love steam
Is there no reprieve from this unearthly hell I arrogantly made?
  from a stupid hand of romantic deceit I like a fool played?

As I seek a gentle mercy that I know I do not truly deserve 
  grant this one sweet mercy and your love I forever serve!
Send away my sincere and repentant request will doom my life
  As I seek love's forgiveness and your hand as my beautiful wife!


Rewritten from memory of a letter I onced sent to a fine beautiful
 lady just too damn good for the extremely wild young fool I once was!
Original composition was well over 30 years ago. 
Destroyed by a jealous lover many years later!! 
This offering is very close but sadly time's erosion has not allowed
 me to recreate it perfectly now. 
That brilliant lady rightly refused to forgive me my trespass!
As I look back I see her wisdom..... 

Robert L..

Copyright © Robert Lindley | Year Posted 2014

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Louis Rams Date: 5/7/2014 8:07:00 PM many mistakes we have made , and many that we hold in shame , but this is all part of the learning years so that in our old age we can share. Login to Reply Robert Lindley Date: 5/8/2014 8:15:00 AM Thanks .. I feel that way too. Sharing, giving back brings its own reward as well. Mankind needs more of that and so do we as individuals

Louis Rams Date: 5/6/2014 7:55:00 PM the mercy you sought is not worth giving when that wild young fool thought that this was living. ( i did somthing similiar thirty years ago too , and i was forgiven but i nust live with it my whole life through ) Login to Reply Robert Lindley Date: 5/6/2014 8:21:00 PM Thanks, wise words indeed! Follies of wild young youth are like the sands on the beach. Seem to be pretty at the time but can get very hot on the feet soon enough! I marvel at those that did not engage in at least one great one...Sadly mine are too numerous to list.