Give my heart permission to beat,
Back to the path I strayed away from.
Give me permission to remove this weight on my chest,
Weighed down by the sins that left a deep scar in my soul.
Give me permission to breathe again,
So I can learn again - this old trick I knew from birth.
My soul is numb under this rock,
Where I thought I could find refuge,
Where I have been cowardly hiding.
The only thing I can do to avoid falling fatally apart,
From the guilt of tears and heartbreak I inflicted on you,
From the guilt of the anger I excavated from your trust,
From the shame on the ugliness of my essence.
Give me permission to live beyond existing,
And allow this dark cloud to fade.
I know it is too much to ask of you,
To allow my life's worth to be more than just existing to right my wrongs.
A task that I fear - that even if I accomplish,
It would not even come close to redeeming me.
I need to do more to deserve your permission,
To forgive myself.
About the Creator
Dr. Eldy
Dr. Eldy has a passion for poetry and storytelling. Through the art of weaving words together, she seeks to share her life story. By embracing the natural flow of life and she seeks to capture its essence in every written piece.
The Crumbling Walls
*Contains Spice She knew kissing him was wrong. Every stolen moment chipped against the wall of alliances that Mother created to protect their land. The parentage of their daughter was more than enough to destroy the wall completely and unleash the full might of the Uhitaji clan. But as he pressed her against a small corner wall on the battlements, none of that mattered. His hand slid down her wide hip as their lips danced in unity. She wrapped her leg around his waist pulling him even closer. Their shared heat burned the world around them to nothing. There was nothing else, nothing left but them.
By Omari Richards4 days ago in Fiction
Comments (1)
Very beautifully written, and heartbreaking. I would forgive you just about anything if you wrote this to me š Anneliese