am I forgiven?

dare I go forth boldly

confident the universe

won't fall in on me

for some minor infraction

against the grinding

of cosmic wheels?

can I guarantee

I won't fail

under my own power?

should I maybe bring

documents

to show the angels

who are ever on the case

even if it is to bring you

to some inexorable reckoning?

but mostly

am I forgiven?

do I forgive?

who will I forgive?

me? you? us? the One?

and if I am forgiven

will I not weaken

before some imagined sanction?

oh I am doing nothing

at the moment but running

all this in my mind

running from all this in my mind

running in spirit

while the body waits

for its forgiveness...

am I...yet?

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