Atonement does not atone for the offence <br />Done by one until one's made atonement <br />Direct, personal, to the one offended <br />And until the offended is prepared <br />To forgive the offender in response <br />To compensations and repentance made. <br />Atonement demands no ceremony. <br />Feel the tone of it; you get atonement. <br />25.09.2012<br /><br />Rm.Shanmugam Chettiar.<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/atonement-ceremony/