Forgive Me

by EJ

EJ returns after a long sojourn from FF.net following the submission of one paltry poem...! ::Beat upside the head for straying from the topic.:: Eh, summary, summary... Well, it's a poem I wrote during the round year 2000, about Duo Maxwell, in the Braid

Forgive Me
By EJ

I wrote this a long time ago, really… A few months back.
Mild angst, in Duo's POV.

Forgive me, Father, for I have sinned,
The blood of the innocent stains my hands,
The urge was too strong for me to resist,
Father, I beg you to understand.

Forgive me, Father, for I have sinned,
I've killed and cheated, as well as lied,
My heart grows heavy as I look back,
Remembering how your children cried.

Forgive me, Father, for I have sinned,
I love too deeply as I live,
But ah, dear Father, I admit
Repentance is not mine to give.

Father, forgive me! For I have sinned,
Repeatedly, and ten times more.
It's easier now, to break thy laws
Than it ever was for me before.

I no longer feel wrong, I no longer repent,
I relinquish myself to diablerie,
But Father, I acknowledge that I have sinned,
And now I turn my back to thee.

Forgive me.