Unforgiven

Close your mind
Hate me
Judge me based on misconceptions
Prostrate me
Shun understating
Dance in delusion
Adrenalize your anger
Propagate confusion
Turn love to hate
Cast a finger of blame
Disregard my desperate pleas
Fuel the fires of my burning shame

Spew your venomous lies
Refuse my reconciliatory tries
Claim my pain as your victory prize
Darken my ever blackening skies

I’ve done all I can think of
To escape this vindictive prison
I’ve apologized, I’ve explained
Yet I remain unforgiven

Fortify your heart of stone
Embrace your hateful core
Let loose your serpentine disposition
Wage your cold war
Carry out your defamatory crimes
But know at the very end
When every bridge is burnt
You’ll have nary a friend
When you judge so harshly
When you refuse to forgive
You’re paving yourself
A lonely life to live

Let he who is without sin cast the first stone
Remember those words when you’re all alone
You, too, have made mistakes overblown
In my eyes it’s never too late to atone

I’ve let go of my regrets
And from the ashes arisen
I’m no longer encaged
Because I’m unforgiven