Her seventy-seventh apology rings like
a death-knell in my mind.
I reach out my palm to show her my heart.
It has seventy-seven stitches on it, still
torn and bleeding.
But I see the green monster of guilt
gnawing at her insides till there
is nothing left in her once
blue orbs that held the sky in them.
Then she flees, away from my open arms
and into the clutches of the shadows in
the night.
That night, the darkness swallowed her up
and I had to get a new heart.
After so long of not having any inspiration for a poem, I was inspired by Jesus to write this. Written for a “Betrayed/Lost friendship” prompt on a contest at allpoetry.com. This is a reflection of an alternate ending of our friendship that could have very possibly become a reality if I hadn’t chosen to reject the guilt that had been haunting me for 5 long years because of sin. This was written from his perspective and the pain he felt for me was very real. I don’t think I can ever thank him enough for his forgiveness and his grace that saved me from the abyss that I nearly fell into for good, even though I had betrayed him way more than seventy-seven times hehe.
Conclusion? Jesus is the best friend I can ever have, and I’m immensely grateful for that.
star in a galaxy 