GUILT

by Rao,KR - Pisces

I looked through
the thick filament 
of entombing darkness
that netted

umteen nightmares,
doubling my carping
sense of guilt
that foreclosed 

all my redemptive
options.
Where am I supposed
to wash up all

my sins of incest
and concupiscence?
Neither martyr's
sanguine blood,

nor the crystalline
baptismalwater,
nor all the perfumes

of Arabia can cleanse
the myrad patinas
of my encrusted sins.

Reason for writing:

    The sense of smallness in the face of big forces that impell an individual seek escape routes ,perhaps,  triggered this poem    

Birth sign: Pisces
Date created: 2001-03-21 16:26:32
Last updated: 2021-03-03 14:43:51
Poem ID: 61180

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