Shame! 

What it is.

 

Unlike guilt,

makes your soul wilt,

unlike guilt,

shame focuses on blame!

 

Your experience?

Pain!

 

No repentance,

no contrition,

no sincere abolition,

all about condemnation!

 

You ask yourself,

“Would you leave if you knew me?”,

“Would you scold me?”,

or “Would you hold me?”,

while I shake uncontrollably!

 

Shame! 

A cycle of pain,

ruptures and fissures,

 

Grace? 

There’s no space!

Instead a race to hide,

not to confide.

 

Keeping secrets,

keeping pain,

being broken,

being shamed.

 

Disgracing your nation,

facing temptation,

experiencing alienation.

 

Cultures clashing,

teeth gnashing,

self-bashing,

Shame,

what it is!