A Plea For The King

My king, hear my plea as I kneel before thee

In the task that was given me, I have failed thee

In the last hour of my watch I have fallen asleep

When Darkness came I did not protect them,

When they were struck with panic

I did not admonish them

And when death came I was too late to save them

Do not hold me accountable for their deaths

Do not forsake me in my darkest

For darkness comes for me, rebellion strides with me

And I feel death following me

"Open your eyes and then you will see,

that their deaths were merely an illusion

you must know of what I speak

and the wrongs you have done

already have been forgiven

although it saddens me to see you like this"

Although my King has shown me mercy

how come I can't forgive myself?

For the crime I have committed,

I should have been punished by death