Shame - Fernando Ortega

Though I am weak

Sometimes weary

In times of trial

I hide my face

In the balance

Judge me wholly

Please don’t judge me

By my shame

In dark hours

Of confrontation

When words may fall

Too soon to unsay

Don’t mistake them

For my true meaning

They are measures

Of my shame

I have tried to

Live life humbly

Not a coward

Not in vain

When my meekness

Overcomes me

Remember me

Not my shame

Not my shame

I am small

And self-conscious

Every mirror

Reflects the grain

Judge my essence

By my kinships

Remember me

Not my shame

I am weak

Sometimes weary

Sometimes small

I hide away

When my hours

Are all accounted

Please don’t bind me

To my shame

I have tried to

Live life humbly

Not a coward

Not in vain

When my meekness

Overcomes me

Remember me

Not my shame

Not my shame