Wanting to know all <br />I overlooked each particle <br />Containing the whole <br />Unknowable. <br /> <br />Intent on one great love, perfect, <br />Requited and for ever, <br />I missed love's everywhere <br />Small presence, thousand-guised. <br /> <br />And lifelong have been reading <br />Book after book, searching <br />For wisdom, but bringing <br />Only my own understanding. <br /> <br />Forgive me, forgiver, <br />Whether you be infinite omniscient <br />Or some unnoticed other <br />My existence has hurt. <br /> <br />Being what I am <br />What could I do but wrong? <br />Yet love can bring <br />To heart healing <br />To chaos meaning.<br /><br />Kathleen Jessie Raine<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/confessions/
