Forgive Me

Changing leaves
in the sunshine
brightly burning...
summer's funeral pyre

a lonely voice
calls to me
from the autumnal haze
near the river
a wistful mist rises
ethereally
memories
dance in my mind
ghosts of the past
luminous
from the sunken galleon
of my life
FORGIVE ME
FORGIVE ME
I cry
the pain I caused
was never intended
rumination
changes nothing
bringing only more pain
harsh words
burn and scar my soul
FORGIVE ME
FORGIVE ME

I weep with the gray skies
bleeding rain
bleeding pain

© 2008 Michael Shelby