Redemption

"... it is the unaccepted self that stands in my way
and will continue to do so as long as it is not accepted. "
Thomas Merton, A Search for Solitude.

Broken-hearted, 

uncertain

of my sullied worth,  

beaten down, degraded 

to my basic earth, 

you gaze on me,  

and I see a new light.

My face grows brilliant

in your radiant sight.

You find in me

what I cannot see,

and teach me

to love

humanity.