The Voice of my Soul

based on the prompt"a cross to bear".

Lord, I ask thee,
to chastise me in your
holy scaffold. For I
have a cross to bear
to have murdered his
guileless soul by
spurning his pure love.

I unbosom before thee
my compunction
and want you to
exonerate me.

I call his name,
only to hear the
echo of my guilty soul.

I wish I could wipe off
the inexorable darkness
of my soul with the
light of your forgiveness.