THE RHYTHM OF THE BUTTERFLY Contemporary Poetry Anthology by Santosh Kumar Biswa
Wash me Wash me thoroughly of my guilt and iniquity, O Lord! For I have transgressed all laws of human kind, And cleanse me, wholly pure of my impurity. Hear, O Lord! My plea; listen to my infirmity. I call on you, you will answer my prayer, misaligned, Wash me thoroughly of my guilt and iniquity. You set them free, when they call you, without penalty. Why not me? Oh God! Cast me not away from your mind, And cleanse me, wholly pure of my impurity. Just one, only willful sin, proved ‘bout my disloyalty. Uphold me with a willing spirit, don’t be unkind, Wash me thoroughly of my guilt and iniquity.
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