Penance

From out of the aether

From seeds you have sown

You might not have meant it

Your motives unknown

To walk in my footsteps

To return from err

A symbol of penance

Must be given to her

Arise, emerge

From the shadows

To follow behind me

From deepening midnight

Echoes of your sin

The burden you carry

A darkness within

To find absolution

To cleanse and confess

A symbol of penance

Must mark your distress

Arise, emerge

From the shadows

To follow behind me

In shadows of memory

Regrets intertwine

The ghost of your actions

Will haunt and define

Purging the poison

Locked in its stare

A symbol of penance

The cross you must bear

Arise, emerge

From the shadows

To follow behind me