Day 308: Just Stay

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though stripped of all my clothing

i was robed, and went walking;

cursed and accused and scandalized

and still, with love, kept talking.

 

i ached from under injustices

and eyes that turned away.

how hard the frightened heart becomes;

how soft the heart that stays.

 

i betrayed, and betrayed i was

these scales aren’t made to weigh.

no balance held is fair or just

no debts be kept;

i can’t repay.

 

all the pleas we issue hence

to strangers fall away,

but to the knower of our souls

i pray, i pray,

just stay.

 

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