Mercy on Repeat

directionlesssheep

This follows the same storyline.

Whenever it's too late,

That's when I call for your name every time To promise the same exact lies.

 

Every time that it becomes too much,

The one I see is the comfort of your back— Without even asking for forgiveness

For the times that I can't be tracked.

 

I explicitly know that it's my fault,

'Cause I'm solely relying on you

For my faith to get restored,

Hoping for some anticlimactic to happen In just a snap of a finger

So I can run from the pain once again.

 

I know, I know, I know—

It will just repeat once again

Until there's a lesson for me to learn.

But how come I'm so aware,

Yet decide to make the wrong choice without a care?

 

Tell me how, show me how—

How I can shamelessly ask for your guidance,

Like I did not criticize the exact same thing

That I'm seeking for every time.

 

Salvation, forgiveness, and contentment— The things that I take an oath that I loathe, 'Cause I can only gloat.

 

Have mercy on me once again.

I know you exactly know

How many times I ask for you

Like a broken record player,

How many times you watch me play this role

With the exact intent.

 

But that's all I can do,

That's all I know I'm willing to do.

And I loathe that I know that you know

Because I'm just playing myself.

 

But please, please, please—

I know I will be lost again,

But let me find you

Even just for a fracture of tens.

  • Author: directionlesssheep (Offline Offline)
  • Published: August 14th, 2025 14:03
  • Category: Unclassified
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  • sorenbarrett

    REliance, mercy, pity emotions that I pick up from this poem a lovely write

    • directionlesssheep

      Thank you for this comment and appreciation! 🙏

      • sorenbarrett

        You are most welcome

      • Poetic Licence

        A sense of reliance on someone, very mixed emotions and pity, the wish they could behave in a different, knowing it's always the same, nicely expressed and written

        • directionlesssheep

          Thank you for this comment! It is really appreciated 🙏

          • Poetic Licence

            You are very welcome



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