Gain Forgiveness In Time Poem by Bernedita Rosinha Pinto

I cannot ask for the dead to rise
and for those alive to die;
I cannot ask sunflowers to face the moon
and the fruits of the season to ripen out of time;
I cannot ask for men to slog and for bees to sleep
I cannot ask for oceans to roar and lions to roll;
I cannot ask for storms to be calm
and nightingales to sing in the daylight;
I cannot ask for lovers to forsake their intimacy
and cinema to be real and true from its fantasy;
I cannot ask you to tempt me to misplace my prudence
and endow you with the privileges of unlawful vengeance.
I can ask you to die so that your soul
gains freedom from avarice,
I can pray for your unforgiving sins and silent crimes
which entwines your vicious thoughts and intentions;
Yet, I can implore God to grant you clemency
if you sincerely deserve it
or you can search for that road to divert yourself
from those embers that engulf the deceitful
and tempestuous when they depart...
And I can wait for you by that bridge
if your remorse will connect to your actions
and your resolution to your conscience;
but if your retribution is endless and unmatched
you can never meet me, I can never meet you
even if lions roar, oceans roll, seasons change
for out there, God will be the Judge and not me.