When grace is enough - sonnet

 

My sin, my suffering, caused my sorrow

It sings to me, mocking every new day

My whims, my wants, have stolen tomorrow

And silenced the words, I’ve wanted to pray.

 Too stubborn, this petrified heart of mine

This unbending knee, so ready to sin

Did Satan coax me, to bow at death’s shrine?
Could wilful weakness be blamed on a jinn?

 Come to me, all who are burdened and weak

I hear, sung to me, on this new-grace morn

Undo my silence, I pray, let me speak 

Take from me this diabolical thorn.

 Do no fear, my child, when you’re weak, you’re strong

Grace is enough, for I’ve undone your wrong.

Author's Note

Line 9 is a slightly paraphrased quote of Mathew 11:28
Image = Serenity, A painting by Akriane Kramarik, aged 12.
https://akiane.com/

Reviews

[Coyote Poetry]

Amazing use of thoughts and description. I liked the journey to wise ending.
"Do no fear, my child, when you’re weak, you’re strong
Grace is enough, for I’ve undone your wrong."
The above lines. True wisdom. Thank you dear friend for sharing the amazing poetry.
Coyote

[Weeping willow]

Really wonderful write,loved the message and the flow of words;-]

[SleeplessVolcano]

Thank you WW......I am still working on my flow :) Fell in love with sonnets lately......

[B]

A sin that makes one humble is far more of value than a virtue that has made one proud and arrogant.
Take great love to that broken man within
For he is great for seeing his own flaws
And repenting from all that is vile
It is not a jinn
You are a man
Beautiful for all those cracks you owned up to
filled with the light of repentance
I was so moved by your poem
so this all came out

[SleeplessVolcano]

Those cracks can make us or break us, right?
I'm humbled by your graceful review.....this one merely fell out of the sky during a breathtaking sunrise :)

[B]

Well
thank god for that beautiful sunrise

[SleeplessVolcano]

don't get too many of them back home.....the desert , ironically, does help with inspiration, does it not? :)

[B]

It does. Something with the heat. Makes it all so creative for the human mind