I despair of my bondage

I am crushed by the weight of my sin

I try to crawl out from under and I fail

I am smothered by my shame

My grief is heavy

I am continuously assaulted by the reality of my betrayal

I was given life to give life

Yet I have brought destruction to my daughters and their children

What am I to do?

Where am I to go?

Where can I find peace?

I was broken and twisted

I cried out in my pain

You heard me

You lifted me up

You touched my broken places

You untwisted and straightened

Responsibility has rightly been placed at my feet

My choice became my weakness

My sin became my identity

Contempt for my kind has become my legacy

It is an inheritance that I cannot revoke

My birthright is forfeit

I am overwhelmed by the penalty I have laid on my daughters

I cannot go back!

I cannot undo!

I cannot mend what is broken!

I cannot straighten what has become twisted!

You hear my cry

You lift me up

You touch my broken places

You untwist and straighten

You speak words of love into the deep, dark places of my soul

I have longed for you to return to me

I have waited and your cry is my reward

I delight in the reality that you are mine

Nothing can mar my intentions for you

Nothing can destroy what I preserve

Nothing is so broken that I cannot mend

Nothing is so twisted that I cannot find purpose

You are a work of art

The finishing touch

You were meant to be a part of

something larger than life

something noble

something pure

Let us begin a new adventure

As crown of my creation