Guilt Poem by Wini Jose

There is a time when all memories of achievement wash away,
And when you wish that your guilt doesn't stay.
I know what I have done is wrong and should never be done,
And my sin gets added to all the others under the one and only sun.
My doing might have been a pain to another man,
Even though it was done unknowingly, without any plan.
But that action of mine lies deep inside me,
From that guilt I can never be free.
Did my action bring a tear to a living being's eyes,
Or did it end up deep inside in the form of sighs.
I have no idea and guilt surrounds me like the walls of a room,
Taking me down, filling me with gloom.
I feel bad when the world is rude with my soul,
Leaving me depressed as a whole.
But do I feel the same when I hurt another person with a soul like mine,
Or do I run away from it thinking its fine.
A diamond has a million sides to make it shine,
But do I have enough words to convince myself that what I did was fine.
I may debate and argue for a million nights,
But the thing I did is never going to be right.
Why oh why did I do it?
Why is this thing hurting me, this thing called guilt?