| Lord, we have not spoken as long or as often as we should. I've often been about other business. If I wanted forgiveness, I should ask for it, but for all that I have done, and for all that I am yet to do, there can be no forgiveness. And yet I think I'm not an evil man. No, evil men pray loud and seek penance and think themselves closer to heaven than I am. I shall not see its gates Lord, nor hear your sweet words of salvation. I have seen eternity; I swear, but it was in a dream and in the morning all was gone. I know myself for what I am, and I throw my poor soul upon your forgiveness, in the full knowledge that I deserve none at your loving hands. |
