Dark Waters

 

Take me down to my dark waters

Flowing through my past

I see the faces of those

Flowing by me that I hurt

 

I want to run I want to hide

Deny that it was me

Who used his words

To cause another's pain

 

But there is no excuse or escape

All the pain caused must be faced

Oh dark waters you are not me

But you have obscured my mind

 

I'm not afraid to see your truth

I come here now to face my past

On my knees I cry to those

Who felt the sting of my pain

 

I don't expect forgiveness

But i must let you flow on by

All I can offer to you now

Is the truth my actions were wrong

 

Now I come to these dark waters

And to those hurt I make this vow

To turn the sorrow I caused others

Into love for all living now

 

I'll use the hurt, tears and pain

To keep me honest and aware

Of actions of body, speech, and mind

And I will return to you dark waters

With my confession prayers of remorse

 

Until there comes a time

When waters dark turn to light

And all my actions are purified

In the dawn of my darkest night

 

Dark waters I know now you’re not me

Just obscurations clouding my mind

But through you the sun did shine

Showing me the path to take

To be loving and kind

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David Penn Trinley Arndt 2014.