Poem

GRANT ME PEACE

God
Why must I
review the scenes
time and time
again?

God
why is it
so hard for me
to let go
of my sin?

Grant
to me
these three things:
forgiveness, peace
and rest,

Grant
that these
be giv'n to me
and I will
be most blest.

Me -
Your child
the one that
hurts
with unrelenting
ache,

Me -
The daughter
of your heart
to heaven you would
take.

Peace
flood my soul,
encompass me,
in seas of
endless light;

Peace
enter me
with quiet calm
and end this
soul's long fight.