Wash me

Contemporary Poetry Anthology by Santosh Kumar Biswa

Wash me

Wash me thoroughly of my guilt and iniquity, O Lord! For I have transgressed all laws of human kind, And cleanse me, wholly pure of my impurity.

Hear, O Lord! My plea; listen to my infirmity. I call on you, you will answer my prayer, misaligned, Wash me thoroughly of my guilt and iniquity.

You set them free, when they call you, without penalty. Why not me? Oh God! Cast me not away from your mind, And cleanse me, wholly pure of my impurity.

Just one, only willful sin, proved ‘bout my disloyalty. Uphold me with a willing spirit, don’t be unkind, Wash me thoroughly of my guilt and iniquity.

Contemporary Poetry Anthology by Santosh Kumar Biswa

Tried I, to find you, with every possibility. Behold my affliction; forgive me, for I was blind, And cleanse me, wholly pure of my impurity.

Why are you so far from saving me, my sovereign? My God! My God! Why have you forsaken me? Be kind. Wash me thoroughly of my guilt and iniquity, And cleanse me, wholly pure of my impurity.