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More Catholic Guilt

Poetry By: Chris Gerard
Poetry



Revised but still not there yet, maybe it will never be. More of a rap in progress than a poem, and more misery, I'm afraid, but don't be too disheartened - this is from the distant past, and hopefully comes from a place I won't return to. Also, I hope the message is a positive one - that there actually IS always hope, and we don't have to remain trapped in those dark places we sometimes find ourselves.


Submitted:May 10, 2012    Reads: 51    Comments: 11    Likes: 5   


My eyes keep betraying me

Stray into traps

They keep laying

in front of me

Keep praying they’ll close

Keeppraying they’ll let me be

Lose the regrets

And forget what I used to be

But the things that I did

Still exist in the deep of me

History's locked in cement

I'm disturbing the sediment

Stirring up scenes try to find where my childhood went

Stirring up scenes that I no longer wish to see

Creeping around when I’m trying to get some sleep

Redemption, forgiveness

Are words I believe in,like sin

But they speak of a place

where I fear they won't let me in

Speak of a world I believe I’m excluded from

The world of the prophets

Of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John

But

I'm on my own

where are they now

when I feel like

all hope is gone?





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