Erase

By Miko Watkins

I can’t go back and change all that’s transpired

Some memories are too painful

No matter how hard I try to let go

The regrets still linger.

There are so many things I’ve done,

Inflicted A Thousand Cuts; too many scars

I know I cannot erase 

So much pain, sometimes—so hard to comprehend.

What is my penance for all the sins?

How can forgiveness be granted

To this wretched soul?

Can these heinous acts truly be acquitted?

I fear there can never be any hope

So many unsettled affairs

That won’t let my heart be;

Absolution seems so far from my reach.

And yet, I still pray

That the way out of Darkness will be revealed

And the enlightened path will help to soothe

All the ache inside of me, once and for all.