Allow Me Passage Poem by Michael P. Johnson

My God my God don’t let me fail
Nor grieve my precious Lord
Please don’t allow life’s boat to sail
With me not safe on board

You say from me you’d never part
You know I combat sin
You see I try, you see my heart
You deepest bowels within

I know I’ve sinned and fallen short
With Satan hand in hand
But now my evil past has taught
In You alone I’ll stand

I seek to live my life anew
Each day I do my best
Though yet I know the good I do
Can never earn me rest

So now to You I’m crying Lord
Seeking in truth Your face
For now I know I can’t afford
To die in my disgrace

Forgive my God this foolish child
Forgive the filth You find
Forgive my wayward running wild
Forgive my wilful mind

Forgive the evil things I’ve done
The evil things I’ve said
By calling on Your Lamb and Son
Who’s risen from the dead

Please cleans me as I come to You
Consume what still would hide
That I may take up passage too
Beyond The Great Divide