Regrets
Regrets
As a boy, I did not know you
Of your existence I was unaware
Life was just a game to be played
Without a purpose, without a care.
But as you do with all your children
With love you watched me grow
Through fads and fancies, dreams and depressions
Awaiting the time to let me know.
When I thought my life was ending,
You seized your chance and in you came,
You turned the end into a beginning
And life would never be the same
You never mentioned my selfish past,
The many times I made you sad
But you freed me from a hopeless course
Took away all the worries I had
You taught me how you sacrificed for us
Something I had not been shown
He gave his own life willingly
All mankind’s sins to atone.
And what were you asking back, but this
That I appreciate your giving
That I share what I knew with others too
That they may go on living.
This I did most eagerly
Telling of the paradise you’ll bring.
You took me in as one of yours
Safe and secure under your wing.
But the heart of man is inclined to bad
This we all should know
To leave the garden unattended
Is to allow the weeds to grow.
To pull them out by the root
Is a must you can’t ignore
You can’t just nip them in the bud
They’ll soon spring up once more.
I never wished to cause you pain
To make your spirit grieve
But the heart of man is desperate
And so easy to deceive.
After hurting one so powerful
It’s a miracle that I still live,
But perhaps the greatest power of all
Is the power to forgive.
A.Jarvis Oct 1994
Copyright © Andrew Jarvis | Year Posted 2017
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