Sweet Forgiveness

From the darker shades of being,
where a split through faith was drawn.
A crack where the light escapes
and its longing for the dawn.
An uninvited darkness
where my dreams could not hold on.
I felt a glint returning
from a light a long time gone.

A spark that struck a moment
and its ambiance to pass
a mood to kindle spirits
burning shadows from the past
and there amongst the ashes
is where I was wrongly cast.
A form of sweet forgiveness
found her way to me at last.

Delivered from the cinders,
finding hope within my reach.
Welcoming the host of light
where darkness could be breached.
She moved in my direction,
where she stepped into the breach,
when heard my pledges pleading
for forgiveness in my speech.

Shone down on me with mercy
at the breaking of the dawn.
“You have wronged me in the past,
let you now and hereupon
to me, you’ll be devoted  
for I’ve bade your past, begone!
I am here and forever
with my dear forgiven one.”