Poems of repentance

Written by Mandi Leblanc

In the bittersweet echo
Of “the Lord is Light”
I painfully watched as the days turned to night.

You could hear the gnashing
Of the serpent’s teeth
As he stood in the doorway
With a welcoming greet.

I resisted temptation,
The urge to go in.
But the temptation grew more
As the days grew grim.

I took a step closer
Because it tasted so sweet.
And that’s where you have it,
I succumbed to the greet.

It was terrifying, windy,
A blizzardy storm,
I couldn’t crawl out,
And sin took its form.

It was over and over,
I fell into trouble.
On this rock
He said I would stumble.

And so I did—and I stood in this mess,
Which was the perfect place.
The place to confess.

Forgive me, Lord, for all of my sins.
And lead me to the place
Where I can start again.

So I humbled myself before the Lord,
And once again,
A two-string cord.

Consider this repentance
As I come before the throne
Cleanse me of whatever
That would keep me from my home

My home that is heaven
Without shackles and chains
Just the presence of the Lord
Dancing in my veins

The joyous songs of the angels
Rejoicing all is well
The most intimate of feelings
I had before I fell

So I’m releasing all this to you
The things that I have gripped
That only grew and multiplied
On the day that I had slipped

Fill me fresh oh Holy Spirit
Make me godly through and through
So that when people go to talk to me
They’ll ONLY be seeing YOU