Saving Grace

I'll save my grace
for times unchanged
unmarked by hopeless, desperate faces
Propriety is not for humbled souls
that grieve from within
no vain to take their anguish away
just daily disillusions
investing in their pain
no double takes
no hand to lend the way
embittered from estrangement
afflicted by
an agonized mind
a cruel fate seen through
dingy rose colored glasses
I'll walk on by and look away
then let prayers expunge my guilt
for neglect is easier than grievances
that reckon with this conscience

-M.Peña