by Cheryl W.
Member since:
December 10, 2005

Confession (Poetry Nation Faceoff...forgive)

May 19, 2009 08:15 AM EDT (Updated: May 20, 2009 10:59 PM EDT)
views: 95 | comments: 22

You come to me with true confessions,

placing them on my doorstep.

Your guilty gift

begs for forgiveness...

yet all that I can think of

are the confessions I need to lay

on your doorstep...

should guilt ever consume me.

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Comments: 22

Beth - Doing God's work Daily J. May 19, 2009, 8:18am EDT
This is neat.
Kevin E. May 19, 2009, 8:21am EDT
Wow!
Kimber L. May 19, 2009, 8:23am EDT
I like this one how it turns thing around from where you think they are going. Good one!
Kushal Poddar May 19, 2009, 8:35am EDT
powerful.

river river
Svetlana Goryacheva May 19, 2009, 9:35am EDT
Very good one! :-)


Blessings and best wishes - S.
Richard B. May 19, 2009, 9:35am EDT
That's funny.

Good work
Chris Brockman May 19, 2009, 10:07am EDT
Turnabout is fair play. I love poems like this that condense wisdom and human nature into a neat and attractive package.
Rachel W. May 19, 2009, 11:15am EDT
I love your writings
Renee (Pres of Baby James Foundation) ~. May 19, 2009, 11:26am EDT
Very good, good luck on your entry
Sharon P. May 19, 2009, 11:30am EDT
Very nice. A fair exchange.
Charity M. May 19, 2009, 11:56am EDT
((( How witty...I like it...good luck dear one! )))
sally g. May 19, 2009, 4:31pm EDT
that was very good
Sheila Deeth May 19, 2009, 10:00pm EDT
That is neat. Lovely flow to a lovely message.
Georgiana S. May 20, 2009, 12:18am EDT
nice statement
Angela A. May 20, 2009, 4:28pm EDT
This is amazing Cheryl!
Would you post this to my group, Anythingwriting ?
I would gladly accept it.
Chelsea R. May 21, 2009, 3:59pm EDT

wonderful job!
Rose H. May 21, 2009, 6:54pm EDT

Not just excellent writing, but clever too - I like it!
Angela A. May 21, 2009, 11:46pm EDT

Thanks Cheryl for posting to my group, Anythingwriting
David N. May 29, 2009, 1:37am EDT

Thanks for competing with us at Nation. Please come show us more of your work on a new topic when it comes out. I enjoyed this and I will look forward to the competition, it was fun!
Angie O. May 29, 2009, 2:14am EDT

Another good one Cheryl.
Corinna Parr May 29, 2009, 11:28am EDT

I can't believe I missed this one. Very nice, Cheryl!

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