A Cry in the Night

So many heartaches and too many tears,

Have plagued me throughout all these years.

Why must so much pain be pressed upon me from above

When all I long for is that elusive emotion you call love.

Tortured by the guilt, remorse, and memories of many a crime

Praying for you to take me in my sleep and end it one last and final time.

No penance worthy to forgive me for all that I have done

God help me that I may one day meet your son.

Father, I am no longer the man I used to be

How much longer must I suffer before I am set free.

Who among me can I talk to and know that I can trust?

This pain within is eating me alive, to exit someway, somehow it must.

I beg you, father, please hear my call

So I may know the peace, harmony, and the love that is to be shared with all.