LET ME FALL

If I should fall
From grace,
Promise me:
Though
All the world
Abandon me
And revel
In my disgrace,
Turn you not
From me.

Look
Into my eyes,
Let there be
No trace
Of steadfast duty
Or obligation;
And please, God,
I beg of you:
No pity.

If I should fall
From grace
And only you
Do not turn
Away?
Then, love,
Believe,

I need
From life
Or love
No more.

I call to them:
Let me fall!
Bright angels
Crash and burn,
But in this one place?
This one heart
I am falling into,
That one face
Welcoming me
Always?
This is grace.

Manuela Cardiga