themes: shame, unconditional love, faith
the loving embrace of a Father
is the only probable cure for
the piercing chain of guilt
whose bondage wraps my heart
when He is gone for so long
i ask what despair in darkness
but only to find after all
i was the one who ran from home
i couldn't look at my reflection
the mirror screamed back an ugly curse
i slashed my hair and burned my clothes
when could i ever return
but after these years He waits
somehow time still falters me
has it been a hundred years
or merely a day in His time
even still He holds me again
i cannot convince my warrior's mind
that i am deserving of love
yet here i stand wholly myself
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aftertaste || poetry
Поэзияthe words left in my mouth after the pain came, stayed, and left