fallen angel tears

image/artist: ange et demon by artist unknown

tumbled to the ground
silent, flowing, gushing
abject sadness spilling
from her deep brown eyes
burdened, like her heart,
by a beast called remorse

what have i done?
she asked herself ruefully
what have i done?
ebb and flow
remorse and anger
ebb and flow
shame and sorrow
what have i done

fallen angel tears
smashing
onto the parched earth
trickling
into its giant crevices
my wings ...
broken? bruised?
blackened

fallen angel
so thirsty
deperately thirsty for
a sip of forgiveness
even just a spoonful
a morsel, a drop

will you surrender
forgiveness?
to this fallen angel?
with my words
i cut a gash
in your heart and soul
your cruel, malicious, selfish
fallen angel

my wings,
blackened and hardened
like immovable iron
ravaged by
my fall from
grace and love

and so i live with thirst
unceasing, unquenchable
and the ebb and flow
of remorse and shame
in my dungeon

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ABOUT THIS POEM: reflecting on hurting someone deeply ... a poem about feeling remorseful ... and ashamed. and the notion that forgiveness is like surrender. its easy to feel sorry for commiting a wrong. its difficul surrendering -- to forgive a wrong.