Years Pass, the Sins Remain

A poem for Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement, about the need for faith and love: Years pass, the sins remain; One repents, each year the same; More regrets, little change; Knowledge waxes, knowledge wanes. In faith and love one finds a shore, Presuming less, needing more, Perhaps more chastened, perhaps less sure, Undone by beauty, sustained and pure: Ready for change on Yom Kippur. © by Nicholas Gordon To see this poem on my site, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/.html. For more poems about the Jewish High Holy Days, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/yomkippurpoems.html .