Pennance

I confess
I am lonely
frigid in my separate space
wilted in my sad disgrace
this exile I alone must face

I confess
I am afraid
shaking in my sinful soul
this paranoia takes it’s toll
to flee that life my only goal

I confess
I am ashamed
uneasy in my wicked ways
longing to live back in those days
when life was lived in a chemic haze

I confess
I am wrong
for those I hurt along the way
my friends that I called out to play 
it is forgiveness that I seek today
Copyright © | Year Posted 2005

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February 24, 2012 at 3:39 PM
What powerful words! I too feel this way a lot, and I wish I was drinking again ;(. But I can't. Great poem; keep writing.
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