Please Father Forgive Me Poem by jessica roberts

Please father forgive me for I have not sinned against you
Yes I was only a child but still I feel as though I need to ask for forgiveness
So here I kneel asking you to forgive me for what happened
I’ve turned away from you for a long time

I’ve lived with my dirty little secret for years
The secret lay deep in me eating away at me little by little
So please forgive, for I did not sin against you
My friends tell me that it’s not my fault

I have not forgiven myself or the man I had trusted
I had buried this event in my life till now
This event plays in my mind during sleep at night
I wish I could go back and stop this from ever happening

I know I may not have been able to stop him
But I want to be forgiven for the things that happened
I trusted someone who was a part of my family
I kneel and bow my head to pray for forgiveness

God I turned away and pulled farther away from you
But I only did this because I thought it was my fault
I thought you would never love me again
I hate myself for my sin or so I thought it was a sin

So I stand before you asking for forgiveness
I now realize I did not sin
Even though it has eaten away at me for many years
So I bend down on my knees asking for forgiveness