I’ve lived no saint
No sinner shall I die.
Many errors I must own
Of that I cannot deny.
View me not as jaded
Nor speak ill of my name
For ere I knew my enemy
He bowed me low in shame.
Through ages of my life
My quarry did elude
Its key justly shrouded
My harmony did it preclude.
Long my spirit did suffer
My torment had no foe
Coveted closure evasive
Much like summer snow.
When spirit ceased to wonder
An ease did not revile
Sorrow, manna of growth
Seeds of wisdom did beguile.
Love, my new lodger
Serenity did move in.
My spirit will remember
Wages of my sin.
Be you not my judge
Nor jury to decide
Accept my evolution
Remain ever friend at my side.