Kneeling to Innocence

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Every time I look at your clear eyes
I feel your gaze piercing into the depths of me
Combing through my past in this life
And all the lives that I have had before
For the ever growing tumor of pain and sins
That I have come to bear on my feeble soul
Judged for all the chances given and missed
I kneel, trembling, at your altar of innocence
For any chance I may have of being forgiven…