God’s Forgiveness

After making our review we ask God’s forgiveness and inquire what corrective measures should be taken. ~ Alcoholics Anonymous (Kindle Locations 1188-1189).

How do you tell God you’re sorry?
I guess the traditional word is “confession.”
But I hear in my head fifty-plus-year-old words
“Don’t be sorry, don’t do it.”
In the same way I didn’t want Daddy miffed,
to stand chastised before God stings.
I don’t want to have been a disappointment,
to have let God down, to have failed to ask for —
or to follow if I got around to requesting —
the directives of the next right step.
But like hiding truths from parents or friends
who know me well hides nothing, but instead
builds a wall – God well knows but wants my nod,
my word, my concession of the wrong
to keep the pathways clear from me to God.

contrition