I take a step ahead..
I look back..
A smirk on my face..
I snicker.. at the blemishes of immaturity..

I realize..
A little too late though..
That though.. 'to err is human'..
It isn't exactly divinity to forgive..

None of 'em.. is godly enough..
To have a heart, swaddled in aurum..
It just doesn't get that simple.
The Plan has more than that in store.

Once a gaffe.. and it always remains one..
Even though t'was in the face of pettiness.
And then..
No backtracking.
Or, no looking back.
'cause if u do, there's no absconding.

And then, you are penalized.
No matter what the degree of error is.
And then, you are belittled,
For as long as they can.

The soul shrivels up,
'cause it can take no more.
The body.. or.. oh well.. the half-cadaver..
Flops gracefully.

Would its existence mean anything now?
The vultures of brutality eyeing it viciously.
And.. the sun sets.
The night cascading its way through.
Like an undulating chant.
And it shuts its eyes.