PLEA
Oh,
God, tear down the charnel house of my sins!
Despoil the fleshy indiscretions, the rotting fruits
of fetid decisions, the footsteps on evil descents,
where rancid serpents coil to attack again,
all accusations of my abusing Your love.
Hide
me now from the firey lewd seductive eyes
of the Prince of corruption and destruction.
Incinerate
my past now in Your Easter fire!
Obliterate my failures and sins
in the vast sunlight
of Your sweet salvation.
Cleanse me in the bracing Jordan waters.
Clothe me in the linens of Your radiant mercies.
Hold me fast in Your strong right arm
and let past missteps vanish
in the dews of forgiving forgetfulness.
Rain
down mercies on me in torrents of cool grace.
Bow me down on fresh grasses in dews of forgiveness
and lead me only then through the ascending porticos
of Your shining palace of pure crystal.
Please
let my meager goodness build there in Your court
a sunny pavilion glazed in glory
and ornamented in prayers
fragranced with the incense of holy peace.
God
of Light blind me to sin now and turn my sight
only toward what good I can do.
Let me see no sun but You are there,
In every rose may I breathe the odor of heaven.
Let no visage alluring and sweet,
yellowed, withered or newborn,
but Your's alone be mine.
Amen
