A poem for Rosh Hashanah comparing remorse to shame:
Remorse is not a synonym
for shame.
One is mainly outer; the
other, inner.
So might fear of shame
deter a sinner
Hidden 'neath the gilt of
a good name.
However, remorse comes
from within, a feeling
Arisen from the grave of
innocence,
Still haunted by a mystic
moral sense
Hemorrhaging a sorrow that
is healing.
A fear of shame requires
imagination,
Needing an imaginative
eye,
As remorse needs an
imaginative I
Harrowed by empathic transformation.
© by Nicholas Gordon
Audio and Video Music:
Nocturne. By Asher Fulero. Music free to use at YouTube.
To see this poem on my site, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/remors.html. For more poems for the Jewish High Holy Days, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/yomkippurpoems.html .
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