A feeling of guilt, dishonesty or betrayal?

I have done no one any harm…

I have caused no one strife;

I just want to move on, get about with my life.

I want to be free…remove these shackles from my feet,

I want to be free…to rest in sweet peace.

Forgetting about the troubles of the world, all my trials and my sorrows,

I want to move on and have hope for tomorrow.

But what is this? That just won’t let me rest in peace?

I am sorry my brother if I said a harsh word today,

I am sorry my sister, if you said “no” and I “yes” anyway.

Forgive me from on high, if I have forgotten whose I am,

For I am merely a speckle, a filthy rag, a mortal man.

So now I feel peace, I fell rest and I can sleep;

For I am forgiven from on high with a promise to keep.

Author: Lavinia B. Masters

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