Mercy














I scrape my skin
Until it bleeds,
I want no sin
Defiling me.

No matter how
I scrub the stain,
The shameful, wicked
Mark remains.

I cry aloud
For pain and fear,
Broken flesh stings
From falling tears.

I blink my eyes,
Surprised to see
A light slowly
Approaching me.

I raise myself
To bended knee,
And Christ descends
There next to me.

He takes my hands,
Embraces me,
His gentle eyes
Weep openly.

He looks upon
My tear-stained face,
My troubled heart,
My fall from grace.

Tender and soft,
He washes me,
He mends my wounds,
And succors me.


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